And after the league made with him, after he had caused a conquered enemy to accept his terms, he shall work deceitfully, make use of further clever ruses; for he shall come up and shall become strong with a small people, his smaller force being sufficient for his purposes, because he used it so cleverly.
Verse 23. _HE SHALL COME UP_] From Rome, where he had been a hostage for the payment of the tax laid on his father. _SHALL BECOME STRONG WITH A SMALL PEOPLE._] At first he had but _few_ to espouse hi...
AND AFTER THE LEAGUE MADE WITH HIM - A treaty of peace and concord. The great subject of contention between the kings of Syria and Egypt was the possession of Coelo-Syria and Palestine. This they ofte...
CHAPTER 11 THE WARS OF THE PTOLEMIES AND SELEUCIDAE PREDICTED THE COMING EVENTS OF THE END _ 1. The wars of the Ptolemies and Seleucidae (Daniel 11:1)_ 2. The time of the end and the man of sin (Dan...
DANIEL 11:23. WITH A SMALL PEOPLE: an allusion probably to the paucity of the friends and supporters of Antiochus....
THE LEAGUE: i.e. the covenant just mentioned (Daniel 11:22). WITH. SMALL PEOPLE. Hence he is called "the little horn"....
General description of Antiochus" character and dealings. The verses have often (from Jerome onwards) been referred to Antiochus" first Egyptian campaign; but though occurrences in that campaign may b...
_And_ FROM THE TIME WHEN HE (or ANY) JOINS HIMSELF UNTO _him_viz. in a league (2 Ch. 30:35, 37; cf. above, Daniel 11:6) _he shall work_ DECEIT] he will immediately scheme to overreach his ally. The re...
( 2) Daniel 11:2 to Daniel 12:4. The revelation given to Daniel. This consists of a survey of the history from the beginning of the Persian period down to the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, followed by...
Antiochus IV. (Epiphanes), 175 164....
AND WITH THE ARMS OF A FLOOD, &C.— Or rather, more agreeably to the Hebrew, _And the arms of the overflower shall be,_ &c. The _arms_ which were _overflown before him,_ were those of his competitors f...
b. PROSPERITY TEXT: Daniel 11:21-28 21 And in his place shall stand up a contemptible person, to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come in time of security, and shall o...
And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people. AND AFTER THE LEAGUE MADE WITH HIM HE SHALL WORK DECEITFULLY. Trege...
THE FINAL VISION These chs, form a connected whole, with three sub-divisions. Daniel 10:1 to Daniel 11:1 are introductory; Daniel 11:2 to Daniel 12:4 co
THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD DANIEL _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 11 V1 ‘Since the first year that Darius from Media ruled, I supported him’, he continued. ‘And I helped him.’ Verse 1 This is really p...
HE SHALL WORK. — Apparently this verse explains more fully the means by which the king succeeds in maintaining his influence. He has already destroyed those who are at peace with him. From the time th...
וּ מִן ־הִֽתְחַבְּר֥וּת אֵלָ֖יו יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה מִרְמָ֑ה...
THIRD SECTION (Daniel 11:20) Events under Seleucus Philopator down to the first attempts of Antiochus Epiphanes against Egypt (B.C. 170). Daniel 11:20 -Seleucus Philopator (B.C. 187-176) had a chara...
THE DESPOILER TRIUMPHS FOR A TIME Daniel 11:15-29 What a picture is presented in this paragraph of the tangled web of earthly politics. They have been too much, and for too long, in the hands of thos...
The foretelling of the glorious One is contained in this chapter. It covered a period to the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, and finally referred to the Messianic kingdom. There would be yet three kings...
And after (x) the league [made] with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a (y) small people. (x) For after the battle, Philometor and his uncle Antiochus...
_People. Ephiphanes pretended to be tutor of Philometor. But the nobles of Egypt distrusted him; whereupon he came to a battle, near Pelusium, and the young king surrendered himself. His uncle thus to...
If my Reader be more curious to make search into hidden things, than to turn over again and again those which the Lord hath revealed; I fear that he will not be pleased with the shortness I purpose to...
The angel points out some interruption of the wars, because Antiochus would be content for a time with Syria, and would not make an attempt of Egypt. It was a great point to repel the attempts of all...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 AND 11. In chapter 10 we return to the East [1]. Chapter s 10, 11 and 12 form but one prophecy; only chapter 11 closes the history of the Gentiles, and cha...
AND AFTER THE LEAGUE MADE WITH HIM,.... The prince of the covenant; either Demetrius his nephew, or Ptolemy Philometor king of Egypt, with whom a league was made in the lifetime of Cleopatra, the sist...
And after the league [made] with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people. Ver. 23. _He shall work deceitfully._] Outwitting the wisest among t...
_And with the arms of a flood_, &c. By _arms_ here is signified force, or strength, and by an inundation, or _flood_, a great army. By which is here to be understood the forces of Attalus and Eumenes,...
1-30 The angel shows Daniel the succession of the Persian and Grecian empires. The kings of Egypt and Syria are noticed: Judea was between their dominions, and affected by their contests. From ver. D...
For he made a league with Egypt, and came with a few in comparison, (but they were chosen men,) and he took the passes, and set garrisons, and put all in subjection to him....
Daniel 11:23 league H2266 (H8692) act H6213 (H8799) deceitfully H4820 up H5927 (H8804) strong H6105 ...
‘And from the time that a league is made with him he will work deceitfully, for he will come up and become strong with a small people.' This probably refers to his behaviour with Israel. He removed On...
ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES - THE SCOURGE OF ISRAEL. Apart from Daniel 11:20, the remaining verses in the chapter deal with the life of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, second son of Antiochus III, who usurped the thr...
CONTENTS: Prophecy covering the period from Darius to anti-Christ, showing the conflicts of nations, and final heading up for destruction. CHARACTERS: God, Daniel, Kings of Persia and Greece, anti-Ch...
Daniel 11:2. _There shall stand up yet three kings in Persia._ Daniel, a minister of state for most of his long life, was here shewn the succession of kingdoms in so clear a light as to command all me...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 11:21 IN HIS PLACE SHALL ARISE A CONTEMPTIBLE PERSON. Antiochus IV Epiphanes (reigned 175–164 B.C.) is the “little horn” of ch. Daniel 8
_HOMILETICS_ SECTION XXXIX.—ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES; OR, THE VILE PERSON. (Chaps. Daniel 11:21.) The next part of the prophecy is occupied with a person who has been already the subject of divine revelat...
EXPOSITION DANIEL 11:1 THE KINGS OF THE NORTH AND THE KINGS OF THE SOUTH. Daniel 11:1
Now He begins to reveal unto Daniel these things are going to transpire, as far as the future is concerned. And here Daniel gets into such interesting details that many of the Bible critics have a dif...
2 Corinthians 11:3; 2 Thessalonians 2:9; Daniel 8:25; Ezekiel 17:13;...
After the league — For he made a league with Egypt, and came with a few, (but chosen men) and took the passes, and put all in subjection to him....