Daniel 11:3-5
1599 Geneva Bible
3 But a [a]mighty King shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his pleasure.
4 And when he shall stand up, [b]his kingdom shall be broken, [c]and shall be divided toward the [d]four winds of heaven: and not to his [e]posterity, nor according to [f]his dominion, which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up even to be for others besides [g]those.
5 And the [h]King of the South shall be mighty, and one of [i]his princes, and shall prevail against him, and bear rule: his dominion shall be a great dominion.
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- 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.
- Daniel 11:5 To wit, Ptolemy king of Egypt.
- Daniel 11:5 That is, Antiochus the son of Seleucus, and one of Alexander’s princes shall be more mighty: for he should have both Asia and Syria.
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