Daniel 11:23

And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully; and he shall come up and become strong, with a little nation.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.

In Context

22And the arms of the flood shall be swept away from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.

24In time of security shall he come 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 prey, and spoil, and substance; yea, he shall devise his devices against fortresses, but only until the time.

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Cross References

Genesis 34:13And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father with guile, and spoke, because he had defiled Dinah their sister,

Proverbs 11:18The wicked earneth deceitful wages; but he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward.

Daniel 8:24And his power shall be mighty, but not by his own power; and he shall destroy wonderfully, and shall prosper and do; and he shall destroy them that are mighty and the people of the saints.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 11:22-45

The Reign of Antiochus Epiphanes; Cruelty and Impiety of Antiochus; The Death of Antiochus. ( b. c. 534.) 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 flatteries. 22 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. 23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become… Read the whole commentary →

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