Daniel 11:20 — Meaning and Application

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“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. {estate: or, place} {a...: Heb. one that causeth an exacter to pass over} {anger: Heb. angers}”

Daniel 11:20

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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. {for...: Heb. for him} {the reproach...: Heb. his reproach}

Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.

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. {estate: or, place} {a...: Heb. one that causeth an exacter to pass over} {anger: Heb. angers}

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 flatteries. {estate: or, place}

And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.

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Daniel 11:1

"Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, {even} I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him."

Daniel 11:2

"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 realm of Grecia."

Daniel 11:3

"And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will."

Daniel 11:4

"And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds 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."

Daniel 11:5

"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."

Daniel 11:6

"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. {join...: Heb. associate themselves} {an...: Heb. rights} {he that begat...: or, whom she brought forth}"

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