Verse 11 reveals what will occur in Daniel's near future and it almost seems like a soap opera as we read it.--Historically, in this verse, the King of the South -Egypt- was Ptolemy IV Philopator -222-203 B.C.- who attacked Antiochus III -King of the North, Syria-, on the southern borders of Israel, specifically at Raphia in 217 B.C. Initially Ptolemy was successful, but as Jerome tells us, Antiochus nearly lost his entire army and was almost captured as he fled.