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Daniel 11:21

In his place will rise up a despised person to whom the people will not have given the honor of royal power; he will come unexpectedly and will take over the kingdom by trickery.

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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

20Then someone will rise up in his place who will make a tax collector pass through for the sake of the splendor of the kingdom. But in the next days he will be broken, but not in anger or in battle.

22An army will be swept away like a flood from before him. Both that army and the leader of the covenant will be destroyed.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 3:13I have told him that I am about to judge his house once for all for the sin that he knew about, because his sons brought a curse upon themselves and he did not stop them.

2 Samuel 15:6Absalom acted in this way to all Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.

Psalms 15:4The worthless person is despised in his eyes, 1 but he honors those who fear Yahweh. 1 He swears to his own disadvantage and does not take back his promises. 1

Isaiah 32:5The fool will no longer be called honorable, nor the deceiver called principled. 1

Daniel 8:9Out of one of them grew another horn, little at first, but which became very large in the south, in the east, and in the land of beauty.

Daniel 8:25By his craftiness he will make deceit prosper under his hand. He will become great in his own mind. He will unexpectedly destroy many people. He will even rise up against the King of kings, and he will be broken, but not by any human hand.

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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