Daniel 11:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Daniel 11:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And after the league made with him - A treaty of peace and concord. The great subject of contention between the kings of Syria and Egypt was the possession of Coelo-Syria and Palestine. This they...
Daniel 11:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And after (x) the league [made] with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a (y) small people. (x) For after the battle, Philometor and his uncle Antiochu...
Daniel 11:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 11:23 . with a small people: an allusion probably to the paucity of the friends and supporters of Antiochus.
Daniel 11:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the league: i.e. the covenant just mentioned ( Daniel 11:22 ). with. small people . Hence he is called "the little horn".
Daniel 11:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The angel points out some interruption of the wars, because Antiochus would be content for a time with Syria, and would not make an attempt of Egypt. It was a great point to repel the attempts...
Daniel 11:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people. He shall come up - From Rome, where he had been a hostage for the pa...
Daniel 11:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And with the arms of a flood, &c.— Or rather, more agreeably to the Hebrew, And the arms of the overflower shall be, &c. The arms which were overflown before him, were those of his co...
Daniel 11:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people. And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully....
Daniel 11:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Final Vision These chs, form a connected whole, with three sub-divisions. Daniel 10:1 to Daniel 11:1 are introductory; Daniel 11:2 to Daniel 12:4 contain a detailed account of future e...
Daniel 11:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He shall work. — Apparently this verse explains more fully the means by which the king succeeds in maintaining his influence. He has already destroyed those who are at peace with him. From the time...
Daniel 11:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THIRD SECTION ( Daniel 11:20-27 ) Events under Seleucus Philopator down to the first attempts of Antiochus Epiphanes against Egypt (B.C. 170). Daniel 11:20 -Seleucus Philopator (B.C. 187-176)...
Daniel 11:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Despoiler Triumphs for a Time Daniel 11:15-29 What a picture is presented in this paragraph of the tangled web of earthly politics. They have been too much, and for too long, in the hands o...
Daniel 11:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The foretelling of the glorious One is contained in this chapter. It covered a period to the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, and finally referred to the Messianic kingdom. There would be yet three king...
Daniel 11:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

If my Reader be more curious to make search into hidden things, than to turn over again and again those which the Lord hath revealed; I fear that he will not be pleased with the shortness I purpose t...
Daniel 11:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And after the league made with him ,.... The prince of the covenant; either Demetrius his nephew, or Ptolemy Philometor king of Egypt, with whom a league was made in the lifetime of Cleopatra, the s...
Daniel 11:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And after the league [made] with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people. Ver. 23. He shall work deceitfully. ] Outwitting the wisest among...
Daniel 11:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And with the arms of a flood , &c. By arms here is signified force, or strength, and by an inundation, or flood , a great army. By which is here to be understood the forces of Attalus and Eum...
Daniel 11:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Reign of Antiochus Epiphanes; Cruelty and Impiety of Antiochus; The Death of Antiochus. B. C. 534....
Daniel 11:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For he made a league with Egypt, and came with a few in comparison, (but they were chosen men,) and he took the passes, and set garrisons, and put all in subjection to him.
Daniel 11:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Antiochus Epiphanes - The Scourge of Israel. Apart from Daniel 11:20 , the remaining verses in the chapter deal with the life of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, second son of Antiochus III, who usurped t...
Daniel 11:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

HOMILETICS SECTION XXXIX.—ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES; OR, THE VILE PERSON. (Chaps. Daniel 11:21-35 .) The next part of the prophecy is occupied with a person who has been already the subject of divine...
Daniel 11:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel 11:2 . There shall stand up yet three kings in Persia. Daniel, a minister of state for most of his long life, was here shewn the succession of kingdoms in so clear a light as to command all...
Daniel 11:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Daniel 11:1-27 THE KINGS OF THE NORTH AND THE KINGS OF THE SOUTH . Daniel 11:1 Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm a...
Daniel 11:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Further Revelations Concerning the Future
Daniel 11:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 11:3 ; 2 Thessalonians 2:9 ; Daniel 8:25 ; Ezekiel 17:13-19 ; Genesis 34:13 ; Proverbs 11:18 ; Psalms 52:2 ; Romans 1:29
Daniel 11:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

After the league — For he made a league with Egypt, and came with a few, (but chosen men) and took the passes, and put all in subjection to him.

Daniel 11:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Daniel 11:23 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Daniel 11:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 11:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Daniel 11:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 11:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Daniel 11:23 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Daniel 11:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Daniel 11:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 11:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Daniel 11:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Daniel 11:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Daniel 11:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Daniel 11:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Daniel 11:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Daniel 11:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Daniel 11:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel 11:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Daniel 11:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Daniel 11:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 11:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Daniel 11:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel 11:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Daniel 11:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Daniel 11:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 11:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes