Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Daniel 11:38
In his estate (RV 'place')] instead of Thammuz. The God (RV 'god') of forces (RV 'fortresses')] probably Zeus (Jupiter), to whom Antiochus built a temple at Daphne near Antioch.
In his estate (RV 'place')] instead of Thammuz. The God (RV 'god') of forces (RV 'fortresses')] probably Zeus (Jupiter), to whom Antiochus built a temple at Daphne near Antioch.
Verse 38. _SHALL HE HONOUR THE GOD OF FORCES_] מעזים _mauzzim_, or _gods protectors_, as in the _margin_; worshipping _saints_ and _angels_ as _guardians_, and _protectors_, and _mediators_; leaving o...
BUT IN HIS ESTATE - The marginal reading here is, “As for the Almighty God, in his seat he shall honor, yea, he shall honor a god,” etc. The more correct rendering, however, is that in the text, and t...
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 11:38. THE GOD OF FORTRESSES: probably the Roman deity, Jupiter Capitolinus, to whom Antiochus erected a magnificent temple at Antioch....
IN HIS ESTATE. in its place: i.e. the God of forces on its pedestal. GOD OF FORCES. Hebrew. _Ma'uzzim_. God of fortresses. SHALL HE HONOUR, &C. Thus, in secret he is superstitious, though in public...
( 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....
Antiochus" retreat from Egypt, (Daniel 11:30 _a_), and the measures adopted by him shortly afterwards against the Jews (Daniel 11:30; Daniel 11:30)....
The presumptuousness and impiety of Antiochus. Many of the older expositors supposed that at this point there was a transition from Antiochus to the future Antichrist, and that Daniel 11:36 related ex...
_But in his_ PLACE _he will honour the god of_ STRONGHOLDS] it is not certain who is meant by the -god of strongholds": possibly the reference is to some deity (? Mars) of whose worship by Antiochus w...
BUT IN HIS ESTATE SHALL HE HONOUR THE GOD OF FORCES— The original word rendered _forces,_ is מעזים _mauzzim,_ which is taken personally, and retained in the versions of the LXX and Vulgate. It is deri...
c. PERVERSITY TEXT: Daniel 11:29-39 29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come into the south; but it shall not be in the latter time as it was in the former. 30 For ships of Kittim shall...
But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things. BUT IN HIS ESTATE SHAL...
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...
וְ לֶ אֱלֹ֨הַּ֙ מָֽעֻזִּ֔ים עַל ־כַּנֹּ֖ו יְכ
FIFTH SECTION (Daniel 11:36, B.C. 147-164) Events from the beginning of the Maccabean rising to the death of Antiochus Epiphanes. Daniel 11:36 -Antiochus will grow more arbitrary, more insolent, mor...
ARROGANCE OVERTHROWN Daniel 11:30-45 The career of Antiochus Epiphanes, in persecuting the people of God and plotting against Jehovah and His sanctuary, is so described as to suggest that it also inc...
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...
But in his estate shall he honour the (y) God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with (z) gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things. (y) That is, the...
The god Maozim. That is, the god of forces or strong holds. (Challoner) --- Mahuzzim denotes "strong ones," (Haydock) guardians, &c. Dr. Newton (Diss.) explains, the king (ver. 36) of the Roman state;...
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...
As I have already hinted, at the first glance these statements seem opposed to each other; the king of whom we are now treating shall despise all deities, and yet shall worship a certain god in no ord...
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...
BUT IN HIS ESTATE SHALL HE HONOUR THE GOD OF FORCES,.... Or god Mahuzzim q; departed saints and their images, whom the Papists make their protectors, defenders, and guardians: the word signifies tower...
_But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things._ Ver. 38. _But in his e...
_But in his estate_ Or _jurisdiction._ The LXX. render it, επι τοπου αυτου, _in his place shall he honour the god of forces_ Literally, _the god Mahuzzim._ This seems to be either Jupiter Olympus, nev...
FURTHER REVELATIONS CONCERNING THE FUTURE...
But in his estate shall he honor the god of forces, literally, "and the god of fortresses in his place shall he honor," that is, he would make war, the application of force, his god, would extend his...
FORCES: Or, munitions. _Heb._ Mauzzin, or, as for the almighty God in his seat he shall honor, yea he shall honor a God, etc. PLEASANT THINGS: _ Heb._ things desired...
31-45 The remainder of this prophecy is very difficult, and commentators differ much respecting it. From Antiochus the account seems to pass to antichrist. Reference seems to be made to the Roman emp...
OLBHeb;OLBGrk; HE SHALL HONOUR THE GOD OF FORCES; MAUZZIM, of strengths or strong holds. The Phoenicians worshipped Mars the God of wars, which Antiochus did worship; but we are come to the Romans; an...
Daniel 11:38 place H3653 honor H3513 (H8762) god H433 fortresses H4581 god H433 fathers H1 know H3045 ...
‘But in his place he will honour the god of fortresses, and he will honour a god whom his fathers did not know, with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things. And he will deal w...
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...
_And the King shall do according to his will._ THE REIGN OF THE ANTICHRIST We Christians look for an Antichrist yet to come. Apart from revelation, it is, in itself, in conformity with human nature,...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 11:37 Antiochus IV viewed himself as a god, as his nickname “Epiphanes” (“[god] manifest”) made clear. But it is doubtful that he fulfilled the prophecy that HE SHALL MAGNIFY HIM...
_HOMILETICS_ SECT. XLI.—THE WILFUL KING. (Chap. Daniel 11:36.) The present part of the prophecy regards a king, power, or sovereignty, emphatically spoken of as “the king.” Some will have Antiochus E...
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...
1 Timothy 4:1; Isaiah 44:9; Revelation 13:12; Revelation 17:1;...
But in his estate — In the room of his father's god. The God of forces — This seems to be Jupiter Olympius, never introduced among the Syrians, 'till Antiochus did it....