Daniel 11:3

Alexander the Great (b.c. 336 323). The writer, passing over the intermediate Persian rulers, hastens to the period when the course of events begins to affect the Jews, limiting what he has to say respecting the whole of the Persian empire, and the founder of the Greek empire, to a single verse in each case.

a warrior king The regular meaning of gibbôr(-mighty man") in Heb.: e.g. 2 Samuel 1:9; 2 Samuel 23:8; 1 Kings 1:8; 1 Kings 1:10; Isaiah 42:13, &c.

do according to his will carry out whatever he wishes: an expression implying the possession of irresistible and irresponsible power. Cf. Quintus Curtius x. 5, 35, -Huius [fortunae] beneficio agere videbatur gentibus quidquid placebat." Comp. on Daniel 8:4; and below Daniel 11:16; Daniel 11:36.