Daniel 11:2

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 follow in Media-Persia. Then will come Alexander the "mighty king" of Grecia (Daniel 11:3). The division of Alexander's empire into four parts (Daniel 11:4) as already predicted (Daniel 8:22) is foretold. The troublous course of affairs in two parts of the disintegrated Alexandrian empire, Syria and Egypt, is then traced down to verse 20 (Daniel 11:20). Here Antiochus Epiphanes, the "little horn" of Chapter 8, occupies the vision down to verse 36 (Daniel 11:36). His pollution of the sanctuary is again mentioned.

( See Scofield) - (Daniel 8:9).

From verse 36 (Daniel 11:36), the interpretation is of the final "little horn" (Daniel 7:8); (Daniel 7:24);

( See Scofield) - (Daniel 11:35).

three kings

Ahasuerus, (Ezra 4:6); Artaxerxes, (Ezra 4:7); and Darius called "Hystaspes" (Ezra 4:24).

fourth

Xerxes, who invaded Greece BC 483-480.