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Scriptural Text [& Editorial]
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Commentary & Explanation
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Footnotes ~ References ~ JST
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CHAPTER 11
Daniel sees the successive kings and their wars, leagues, and conflicts
which lead up to the Second Coming of Christ.
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1 ALSO I in the first
year of aDarius the Mede, even I, stood to
confirm and to strengthen
hima.
2 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 arealm of
bGrecia.
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1a I, stood to confirm and to strengthen
him A part of a successful transition of governments is how well
the people accept it. With Daniel's reading of the writing on the wall that
a Mede/Persian take over of the government was about to happen (Daniel 5:28)
and Belshazzar's appointment of Daniel to make Daniel 'third ruler' because
of it despite its negative interpretation (Daniel 5:29), then Belshazzar's
immediate death that night (Daniel 5:30) and immediate take over by Darius
the Median lord and his subsequently being made King of the region by and
under Cyrus the Persian king (Daniel 9:1), and Darius' own appointment of
Daniel as the 'First President' of the three presidents over the twenty
princes by Darius (Daniel 6:1-3); it was the natural course of events that
Daniel, once so highly esteemed in the kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar would now
so confirm and strengthen Darius of whom the writing on the wall inferred was
rightfully to come.
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3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall
rule with great dominion, and do aaccording to his
will.
4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall
be abroken, and shall be divided toward the
bfour cwinds 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.
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5 ¶ 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.
6 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 he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.
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7 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:
8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt
their gods, with their aprinces, and with their
precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more
years than the king of the north.
9 So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land.
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10 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.
11 And the king of the south shall be moved
with acholer, 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.
12 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.
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13 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.
14 And in those times there shall many stand
up against the king of the south: also the arobbers of thy
people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall
fall.
15 So the king of the north shall come, and
cast up a amount, 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.
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16 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.
17 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.
18 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.
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19 Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
20 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.
21 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
aflatteries.
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22 And with the arms of a
aflood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall
be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
24 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 spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
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25 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.
26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.
27 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.
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28 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.
29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.
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30 ¶ For the ships of
aChittim 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.
31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they
shall apollute bthe sanctuary of
strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall
place the cabomination that maketh desolate.
32 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.
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33 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.
34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
35 And some of them of understanding
shall fall, to atry them, and to purge, and to make
them white, even to the time of the end: because it is
yet for a time appointed.
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36 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 aGod of gods, and
shall prosper till the bindignation be accomplished: for
that that is determined shall be done.
37 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.
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38 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.
39 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.
40 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 awhirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and
with many ships; and he shall benter into the countries,
and shall overflow and pass over.
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41 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.
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
43 But he shall have power over the treasures
of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the
Libyans and the Ethiopians shall abe at his
steps.
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44 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 amake away many.
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his
palace between the seas in the glorious holy amountain; yet
he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
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