He — Xerxes was more potent than all the other three, because his father Darius had gathered an incredible mass for him, which he himself increased for six years together, before he made his expedition against Greece. There were more kings of Persia besides those four, but they had no concern with the people of God.
Verse Daniel 11:2. _THERE SHALL STAND UP YET THREE KINGS_] Gabriel had already spoken of _Cyrus_, who was now reigning; and after him _three_ others should arise. These were, 1. _Cambyses_, the son o...
AND NOW WILL I SHOW THEE THE TRUTH - That is, the truth about events that are to occur in the future, and which will accord with what is written in “the scripture of truth,” Daniel 10:21. BEHOLD, THER...
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 11:2. THREE KINGS: probably Cyrus (538- 529 B.C.), Cambyses (529- 522 B.C.), Darius Hystaspis (522- 485 B.C.). THE FOURTH: Xerxes (485- 465 B.C.) who invaded Greece. An account of the immense w...
NOW. Calling attention to the then present time (424 B.C.) as being distinct from Daniel 11:1, which refers to what took place two years before. YET: i.e. in the then immediate future. THREE KINGS IN...
_And now will I_ DECLARE TRUTH UNTO _thee_ something which will be verified by the event (cf. Daniel 10:21). The four kings of Persia. _stand up_ i.e. arise, as Daniel 8:23, and below, Daniel 11:3;...
( 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...
THERE SHALL STAND UP YET THREE KINGS— They were to stand up _yet;_ that is to say, after Cyrus, the founder of the empire, who was then reigning. These _three kings,_ were Cambyses, the son of Cyrus;...
CHAPTER ELEVEN V. THE CONTEMPTIBLE ONE Daniel 11:1-45 a. PROGENITORS (1) PERSIA AND GREECE TEXT: Daniel 11:1-4 1 And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to conform and str...
And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up a...
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
MANY] The resurrection contemplated is not universal, though it will include both the righteous and the wicked. YET THREE KINGS] in succession to Cyrus who is already reigning (Daniel 10:1). The three...
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...
THE TRUTH. — Comp. Daniel 10:21. This is the commencement of the revelation promised in Daniel 10:14; and from this point till the end of the book the difficulties that have to be encountered in attem...
וְ עַתָּ֕ה אֱמֶ֖ת אַגִּ֣יד לָ֑ךְ הִנֵּה ־עֹוד
FIRST SECTION Daniel 11:2 Events from the rise of Alexander the Great (B.C. 336) to the death of Seleucus Nicator (B.C. 280). There are to be three kings of Persia after Cyrus (who is then reigning)...
THE RISE AND FALL OF EMPIRES Daniel 11:1-14 This chapter foretells the histories of Xerxes, of Alexander the Great, the division of his kingdom on his death, and the long conflicts between the kings...
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 now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet (b) three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than [they] all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir...
Three, &c. Cambyses, Smerdis magus, and Darius the son of Hystaspes. (Challoner; Worthington) --- Cyrus had been mentioned before. (Chap. x. 13. 20) Smerdis, or Artaxerxes, (1 Esdras iv. 7.) was the c...
Here is a plain and evident inference to the kings and kingdom of Persia, which arose out of the Chaldean; and from the connection which the Church was obliged to have with this kingdom, after Cyrus h...
We must now understand God’s intention in thus informing his servant Daniel of future events. He was clearly unwilling to gratify a vain curiosity, and he enlarged upon events necessary to be known, t...
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 NOW WILL I SHOW THEE THE TRUTH,.... And nothing but the truth; what will most certainly come to pass, and may be depended on, even what is written in the book of God's decrees, "the Scripture of t...
And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than [they] all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up...
_And now I will show thee the truth_ Now I will show thee future things plainly, not enigmatically, or under symbolical representations. Here this chapter should begin: what goes before should be adde...
Daniel 11:1. ALSO I, IN THE FIRST YEAR OF DARIUS, THE MEDE, EVEN I, STOOD TO CONFIRM AND TO STRENGTHEN HIM, or, "even as I stood by to strengthen him," the inference being that the various angelic spi...
And now I will show thee the truth. Cf. Daniel 10:21. BEHOLD, THERE SHALL STAND UP YET, namely, after Cyrus, who was then king, THREE KINGS IN PERSIA, whose names are commonly given as Cambyses, Pseud...
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...
THE TRUTH: this is that thing which Daniel saith, DANIEL 10:1, was revealed unto him, and was true, i.e. plain, without any obscurity, and should suddenly and certainly come to pass. THERE SHALL STAND...
Daniel 11:2 tell H5046 (H8686) truth H571 three H7969 kings H4428 arise H5975 (H8802) Persia H6539 fourth...
THE KINGS OF PERSIA. “And now I will show you the truth. Behold there will stand up yet three kings in Persia, and the fourth will be far richer than all of them, and when he has established himself...
The spirit of prophecy here returns to that which more immediately concerned Daniel and his royal masters -- the near future of the empire in which he was so great a personage. Four kings were yet to...
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...
_Also I in the first year of Darius._ THE VISION BY THE HIDDEKEL The prophet here tells of a long and devout season of fasting and prayer to which ha had given himself. It lasted “three full weeks.”...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 11:2 THREE MORE KINGS will ARISE IN PERSIA after Cyrus, and then a FOURTH, who will be RICHER and more powerful than the others. This
_HOMILETICS_ SECT. XXXVIII.—THE KINGS OF THE NORTH AND OF THE SOUTH. (Chap. Daniel 11:1.) We come to the things which the angel was commissioned to communicate to the prophet, and through him to the...
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...
Amos 3:7; Daniel 10:1; Daniel 10:21; Daniel 8:26; Daniel 11:25;...