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Daniel 11:3

DANIEL—NOTE ON Daniel 11:3 The prophecy skips over several lesser Persian kings to focus on the mighty king who will bring down the Persian Empire and rule a vast realm. He is Alexander the Great (336–323 B.C.). See note on 7:6.

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See also Daniel 11:3 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Daniel 11:3. _A MIGHTY KING SHALL STAND UP_] This was _Alexander the_ _Great_. It is not said that this mighty king shall stand up against _Xerxes_, for he was not born till _one hundred_ years...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND A MIGHTY KING SHALL STAND UP - So far as the language here is concerned, it is not said whether this would be in Persia, as a successor of the “fourth king” Daniel 11:2, or whether it would be in...

  • 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 11:3. A MIGHTY KING: Alexander the Great....

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    A MIGHTY KING. The he-goat's "little horn" (Daniel 8:9). DO ACCORDING TO HIS WILL. See Daniel 8:4. Compare verses: Daniel 11:16; Daniel 11:36....

  • 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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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 res...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    A MIGHTY KING SHALL STAND UP, &C.— _Afterwards,_ &c. Houbigant. This is the character of Alexander. That he was a _mighty king_ and conqueror, that he not only _ruled with great dominion_ over Greece...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • 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

    A MIGHTY KING] Alexander the Great (333-322 b.c.). 4. The partition of Alexander's empire is described: see chapter Daniel 8:8; Daniel 8:22. 5-20. Along with the notes on these vv. the table of Syria...

  • 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

    A MIGHTY KING. — No clue is given to show over what nation this king reigns. According to the context he might be either a Greek or a Persian, or he might belong to a kingdom not yet mentioned. Those...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ עָמַ֖ד מֶ֣לֶךְ גִּבֹּ֑ור וּ מָשַׁל֙ מִמְשׁ

  • 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 a (d) mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. (d) That is, Alexander the Great....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _A strong king: Alexander. (Challoner) --- The sequel clearly points him out. Before fifteen years had elapsed, his mother, brother, and children were slain. Arideus, his brother, was declared regent...

  • 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

    This refers to Alexander of Macedon. I have already shortly stated the reason why the angel passed over all the Persian kings from Artabanus to the last Darius, they did not engage in any contests wit...

  • 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 A MIGHTY KING SHALL STAND UP,.... Not in Persia, but in Greece; Alexander the great, who rose up a hundred years after the above expedition of Xerxes, and "stood" and flourished, and conquered all...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will._ Ver. 3. _But a mighty king shall stand up._] Alexander the Great, the founder of the Greek monar...

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

    _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...

  • 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 a mighty king shall stand up, a heroic, warlike king, namely, Alexander of Macedonia and Greece, THAT SHALL RULE WITH GREAT DOMINION AND DO ACCORDING TO HIS WILL, with tyrannical authority....

  • 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

    This was Alexander the Great, the he-goat, who, moved with choler for the Persian invasion, run down the ram and stamped on it, and got a golden fleece from him by that, and after many victories; afte...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Daniel 11:3 mighty H1368 king H4428 arise H5975 (H8804) rule H4910 (H8804) great H7227 dominion H4474 do...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE GROWTH AND DIVISION OF THE GRECIAN EMPIRE. ‘And a mighty king will stand up who will rule with great dominion and do according to his will.' This was the final result of the acts of Xerxes, and...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    KING Alexander the Great, B.C. 332. See (Daniel 8:5); (Daniel 8:21); (Daniel 8:22)....

  • 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 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

    Daniel 7:6; Daniel 8:21; Daniel 8:5; Daniel 11:16; Daniel 11:36;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    A mighty king — Alexander the great....

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