These four; Ptolemy, Seleucus, Antigonus, and Antipater, kings of Egypt, Syria, Asia, and Greece. (Chap. vii. 6. and viii. 22.) Besides the other generals, (Calmet) foreigners began to erect new kingdoms in what had formed the empire of Alexander. (St. Jerome; Livy xlv.; Calmet)
Verse Daniel 11:4. _HIS KINGDOM SHALL BE BROKEN_] Shall, after his death, be _divided_ among his _four_ chief generals, as we have seen before. See Daniel 8:22. _AND NOT TO HIS POSTERITY_] The _famil...
AND WHEN HE SHALL STAND UP - In the might and power of his kingdom. When his power shall be fully established. I understand this, with Rosenmuller and Havernick, as meaning, when he shall be at the he...
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 11:4. HIS KINGDOM SHALL BE BROKEN: an allusion to the division of Alexander's empire after his death (Daniel 8:8 *). NOT TO POSTERITY: Alexander left no children to succeed him, and the son bor...
BROKEN. See Daniel 8:8. DIVIDED. See Daniel 8:22. WINDS. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. NOT TO HIS POSTERITY. But to his generals. Compare "not in his power" (Daniel 8:22). OTHERS BESIDE THOSE:
( 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...
The disruption of Alexander's empire, after his death. _when he shall stand up_ or, _at the time of his standing up_. The expression, if correct, will be intended to emphasize the short-lived duration...
WHEN HE SHALL STAND UP, HIS KINGDOM SHALL BE BROKEN— _When he shall have stood up._ These particulars have been illustrated before, chap. Daniel 8:8. Alexander died at Babylon, at the age of thirty-tw...
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 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...
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
HIDDEKEL] the Tigris (Genesis 2:14): see on 82. 7. Cp. Acts 9:7. KNOWLEDGE] better, with LXX, 'evils.' The last half of the v. sums up the confusions and calamities of the long period which has been...
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...
BROKEN. — The shortness of the king’s reign is implied; the moment that he has arisen he will come to nothing. As in Daniel 8:8, the great horn was broken, so here the kingdom is broken and dismembere...
וּ כְ עָמְדֹו֙ תִּשָּׁבֵ֣ר מַלְכוּתֹ֔ו וְ תֵח
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 when he shall stand up, (e) his kingdom shall be broken, (f) and shall be divided toward the (g) four winds of heaven; and not to his (h) posterity, nor according to (i) his dominion which he rule...
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...
This language is concise, but there is no ambiguity in the sense. First of all the angel says, After that brave king had stood up, his empire should be broken in pieces: for when Alexander had arrived...
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 WHEN HE SHALL STAND UP, HIS KINGDOM SHALL BE BROKEN,.... When Alexander was risen up to his highest pitch of grandeur, was sole monarch of the world, in the height of his ambition, in the prime of...
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 s...
_And a mighty king shall stand up_, &c. Namely, from among the Grecians; _that shall rule with great dominion_ This is evidently descriptive of Alexander the Great; of the rapidity and success of whos...
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 when he shall stand up, just as soon as his power is fairly established, HIS KINGDOM SHALL BE BROKEN, the brief duration of Alexander's rule being here indicated, AND SHALL BE DIVIDED TOWARD THE F...
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...
WHEN HE SHALL STAND UP; when he is come to his highest, as monarch of the world, &c. After he had enjoyed that title a little while, his kingdom was broken, as the text saith. So it was, into four pie...
Daniel 11:4 arisen H5975 (H8800) kingdom H4438 broken H7665 (H8735) divided H2673 (H8735) four H702 winds...
‘And when he shall stand up his kingdom will be broken and will be divided towards the four winds of heaven. But not to his posterity, nor with similar dominion to that with which he ruled, for his ki...
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 11:4 AS SOON AS HE HAS ARISEN, HIS KINGDOM SHALL BE BROKEN AND DIVIDED TOWARD THE FOUR WINDS OF HEAVEN. See note on 8:8....
_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...
Daniel 7:6; Daniel 7:8; Daniel 8:22; Daniel 8:8; Ecclesiastes 2:18;...
When he shall stand up — When he is come to his highest point. Nor according to his dominion — They did not reign as kings at first, but only as captains; and as to the extent of their dominion, it wa...