Daniel 11:2-4
1599 Geneva Bible
2 And now will I show thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet [a]three kings in Persia, and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength, and by his riches he shall stir up [b]all against the realm of Greece.
3 But a [c]mighty King shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his pleasure.
4 And when he shall stand up, [d]his kingdom shall be broken, [e]and shall be divided toward the [f]four winds of heaven: and not to his [g]posterity, nor according to [h]his dominion, which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up even to be for others besides [i]those.
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- Daniel 11:2 Whereof Cambyses that now reigned, was the first, the second Smerdis, the third Darius the son of Hystaspis, and the fourth Xerxes, which all were enemies to the people of God, and stood against them.
- Daniel 11:2 For he raised up all the East countries to fight against the Greeks, and albeit he had in his army nine hundred thousand men, yet in four battles he was discomfited and fled away with shame.
- Daniel 11:3 That is, Alexander the great.
- Daniel 11:4 For when his estate was most flourishing, he overcame himself with drink, and so fell into a disease: or as some write, was poisoned by Cassander.
- Daniel 11:4 For his twelve chief Princes first divided his kingdom among themselves.
- Daniel 11:4 After this his Monarchy was divided into four: for Seleucus had Syria, Antigonus Asia minor, Cassander the kingdom of Macedonia, and Ptolemy Egypt.
- Daniel 11:4 Thus God revenged Alexander’s ambition and cruelty in causing his posterity to be murdered, partly of the father’s chief friends, and partly one of another.
- Daniel 11:4 None of these four shall be able to be compared to the power of Alexander.
- Daniel 11:4 That is, his posterity having no part thereof.
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