Dan 11:37-38 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Dan 11:37-38: 11:37-38 no respect for the gods of his ancestors: Antiochus IV forsook the Syrian gods in order to worship Greek gods. • The god loved by women might be one of the Canaanite or Egyptian fertility deities. • No god of fortresses is known from history, but this description might be fulfilled by the lavish gifts that Antiochus gave to cities and to Greek temples, perhaps to increase his reputation and power (see Livy, History 41.20).

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‏ Daniel 11:37-38

Summary for Dan 11:37-38: 11:37-38 ^a no respect for the gods of his ancestors: Antiochus IV forsook the Syrian gods in order to worship Greek gods.

• The god loved by women might be one of the Canaanite or Egyptian fertility deities.

• No god of fortresses is known from history, but this description might be fulfilled by the lavish gifts that Antiochus gave to cities and to Greek temples, perhaps to increase his reputation and power (see Livy, History 41.20).