Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. This chapter is an enlargement of the eighth. ALSO I ... EVEN I - the angel, who was "like the appearance of a man" (). IN THE FIRST YEAR OF DARIUS - Cyaxares II, the year of the conquest of Babylon ... [ Continue Reading ]
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 all against the realm of Grecia. THERE SHALL STAND UP YET THREE KINGS IN PERSIA - Cambyses, Pseudo-... [ Continue Reading ]
And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. A MIGHTY KING SHALL STAND UP, THAT SHALL RULE WITH GREAT DOMINION, AND DO ACCORDING TO HIS WILL - answering to the he-goat's "notable horn" (Daniel 8:6; ). Alexander invaded Persia 334 BC, to ave... [ Continue Reading ]
And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those. AND WHEN HE SHALL STAND UP, KINGDOM SHALL BE B... [ Continue Reading ]
And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion. AND THE KING OF THE SOUTH SHALL BE STRONG. Here the prophet leaves Asia and Greece, and takes up Egypt and Syria, these being in continu... [ Continue Reading ]
And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and h... [ Continue Reading ]
But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail: BUT OUT OF A BRANCH OF HER ROOTS SHALL ONE STAND UP IN HIS ESTATE, WHICH SHALL COME WITH A... [ Continue Reading ]
And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north. AND SHALL ALSO CARRY CAPTIVES INTO EGYPT THEIR GODS, WITH THEIR PRINCES, AND WITH THEIR PRECIOUS VESSELS OF... [ Continue Reading ]
So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land. SO THE KING OF THE SOUTH SHALL COME INTO HIS KINGDOM - Egypt: not only with impunity, but with great spoil.... [ Continue Reading ]
But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, even to his fortress. BUT HIS SONS SHALL BE STIRRED UP, AND SHALL ASSEMBLE A MULTITUDE OF GREAT FORCES - the tw... [ Continue Reading ]
And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand. AND THE KING OF THE SOUTH SHALL BE MOVED WITH CHOLER, AND SHALL COME FORTH AND... [ Continue Reading ]
And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it. AND WHEN HE HATH TAKEN AWAY THE MULTITUDE - i:e., subdued "the multitude" of Antiochus. HIS HEART SHALL BE LIFTED UP. Instead of following... [ Continue Reading ]
For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches. FOR THE KING OF THE NORTH SHALL RETURN - renew the war. AND SHALL CERTAINLY COME AFTER CERTAIN YEARS - 14 years... [ Continue Reading ]
And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall. AND IN THOSE TIMES THERE SHALL MANY STAND UP AGAINST THE KING OF THE SOUTH - Philip king of Macedon, and rebels in Egypt... [ Continue Reading ]
So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand. SO THE KING OF THE NORTH SHALL COME - Antiochus the Great. AND TAKE THE MOST FE... [ Continue Reading ]
But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed. BUT HE THAT COMETH AGAINST HIM SHALL DO ACCORDING TO HIS OWN WILL - Antiochus coming against Ptolemy Epiphanes. AND HE... [ Continue Reading ]
He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him. HE SHALL ALSO SET HIS FACE TO ENTER WITH THE STRENGTH OF... [ Continue Reading ]
After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him. AFTER THIS SHALL HE TURN HIS FACE UNTO THE ISLES - he "took many" of the isles in... [ Continue Reading ]
Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found. THEN HE SHALL TURN HIS FACE TOWARD THE FORT OF HIS OWN LAND. Compelled by Rome to relinquish all his territory west of the Taurus, and to defray the expenses of the war, he garrisoned th... [ Continue Reading ]
Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle. THEN SHALL STAND UP IN HIS ESTATE - in Antiochus' stead: his successor, Seleucus Philopator, his son. A RAISER OF TAXES IN THE GLORY OF TH... [ Continue Reading ]
And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries. AND IN HIS ESTATE SHALL STAND UP A VILE PERSON. Antiochus, who was called Epiphanes, i:e., the illustrious, for vindicating... [ Continue Reading ]
And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant. AND WITH THE ARMS OF A FLOOD SHALL THEY BE OVERFLOWN FROM BEFORE HIM - Antiochus Epiphanes shall invade Egypt with overwhelming forces. YEA, ALSO THE PRINCE OF THE C... [ Continue Reading ]
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. Tregelles notes three divisions in the history of the "vile person," which is continued to the end of the... [ Continue Reading ]
He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoi... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him. AND HE SHALL STIR UP HIS POWER AND HIS C... [ Continue Reading ]
Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain. YEA, THEY THAT FEED OF THE PORTION OF HIS MEAT SHALL DESTROY HIM - those from whom he might naturally have looked for help-his intimates and dependents (; ): his minister... [ Continue Reading ]
And both these kings' hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed. AND BOTH THESE KINGS' HEARTS SHALL BE TO DO MISCHIEF - each to the other. AND THEY SHALL SPEAK LIES AT ONE TABLE - they shall,... [ Continue Reading ]
Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land. THEN SHALL HE RETURN INTO HIS LAND WITH GREAT RICHES. For the fulfillment of the prophecy, compare 1Ma 1:19-20 , etc.: 'Thus he got the st... [ Continue Reading ]
At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter. AT THE TIME APPOINTED - "the time" spoken of in . HE SHALL RETURN - his second open invasion of Egypt. Ptolemy Philometor, suspecting Antiochus' designs with Physcon, hired me... [ Continue Reading ]
For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant. FOR THE SHIPS OF CHITTIM SHALL COME AGAINST HIM - the... [ Continue Reading ]
And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate. AND ARMS - namely, of the human body: not weapons. meaning human forces. AND THEY SHALL POLLUTE THE SANCTUARY O... [ Continue Reading ]
And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits. AND SUCH AS DO WICKEDLY AGAINST THE COVENANT - ( 1Ma 1:52 , 'Then many of the people were gathered unto them-to wit, everyone that forsook the law'... [ Continue Reading ]
And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days. AND THEY THAT UNDERSTAND - who know and keep the truth of God (," Of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord"). SHALL INSTRUCT MANY - in the... [ Continue Reading ]
Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries. NOW WHEN THEY SHALL FALL, THEY SHALL BE HOLPEN WITH A LITTLE HELP. The liberty obtained by the Maccabean heroes for the Jews was but of short duration. They soon fell under the Roman... [ Continue Reading ]
And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed. AND SOME OF THEM OF UNDERSTANDING SHALL FALL, TO TRY THEM - the design of affliction. Image from metals tried with fire. So Hezeki... [ Continue Reading ]
And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done. AND THE KING SHALL DO ACCORDI... [ Continue Reading ]
Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all. NEITHER SHALL HE REGARD THE GOD OF HIS FATHERS, NOR THE DESIRE OF WOMEN - (cf. ; , "the desire of thine eyes" - i:e., Ezekiel's wife). The wife, as the desire of ma... [ Continue Reading ]
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 SHALL HE HONOUR THE GOD OF FORCES - probably Jupiter Capitolinus, to whom Antiochus began to erect a te... [ Continue Reading ]
Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain. THUS SHALL HE DO IN THE MOST STRONG HOLDS WITH A STRANGE GOD, WHOM HE SHALL ACKNOWLEDGE AND INCREASE WITH... [ Continue Reading ]
And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over. AND AT THE TIME OF THE END SHALL T... [ Continue Reading ]
He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. HE SHALL ENTER ALSO INTO THE GLORIOUS LAND - the former invasion of Judea, as described in . HE SHALL ENTER AL... [ Continue Reading ]
He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape. HE SHALL STRETCH FORTH HIS HAND ALSO UPON THE COUNTRIES; AND ... EGYPT SHALL NOT ESCAPE ... AND THE LIBYANS AND THE ETHIOPIANS SHALL BE AT HIS STEPS. The second and third invasions of Egypt (169 AD),... [ Continue Reading ]
But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many. BUT TIDINGS OUT OF THE EAST AND OUT OF THE NORTH SHALL TROUBLE HIM. Porphyry's statement that Antiochus, starting from Egypt, took Arad in Ju... [ Continue Reading ]
And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him. AND HE SHALL PLANT THE TABERNACLES OF HIS PALACE BETWEEN THE SEAS IN THE GLORIOUS HOLY MOUNTAIN. Then he turned to check Artaxias, king of Armen... [ Continue Reading ]