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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Daniel 11:2

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.

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See also Daniel 11:2 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _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;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    ( 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...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    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;...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ עַתָּ֕ה אֱמֶ֖ת אַגִּ֣יד לָ֑ךְ הִנֵּה ־עֹוד

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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)...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Daniel 11:2 tell H5046 (H8686) truth H571 three H7969 kings H4428 arise H5975 (H8802) Persia H6539 fourth...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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.”...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION DANIEL 11:1 THE KINGS OF THE NORTH AND THE KINGS OF THE SOUTH. Daniel 11:1

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Amos 3:7; Daniel 10:1; Daniel 10:21; Daniel 8:26; Daniel 11:25;...

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