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Daniel 11:21

A contemptible person will follow him who will not be given royal majesty. He will take over peacably and assume control of the kingdom through deception.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

20His successor will send out a tax collector to maintain royal wealth. However, in a short time he will die, but not violently or in battle.

22Great armies will be swept away before him. They will be broken, as well as the prince of the agreement.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 3:13I told him that I will judge his family forever because of the sins he knows about, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not try and stop them.

2 Samuel 15:6This is how Absalom treated all the Israelites who came to the king for his judgment. So he captured the loyalty of the men of Israel.

Psalms 15:4They reject people the Lord has rejected, but honor those who follow the Lord. They keep their promises even when it's hard to do. They don't change their minds.

Isaiah 32:5No longer will fools be called respectable or crooks highly-regarded.

Daniel 8:9A little horn came up from one of them, and grew extremely powerful to the south and to the east and to the Beautiful Land.

Daniel 8:25Through its deviousness, its lies will be convincing and successful. It shows its arrogance both in thought and action, destroying those who thought they were perfectly safe. It even fights in opposition against the Prince of princes, but it will be defeated, though not by any human power.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 11:6-21

The Affairs of Egypt and Syria; The Reign of Antiochus Magnus; The Fall of Antiochus Magnus. ( b. c. 534.) 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… Read the whole commentary →

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