Daniel 11:4 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

broken. See Daniel 8:8.

divided. See Daniel 8:22.

winds. Hebrew. ruach. App-9.

not to his posterity. But to his generals. Compare "not in his power" (Daniel 8:22).

others beside those: i.e. beside those four. See note on Daniel 8:22. That there is. break between the past and the future is manifest from Daniel 10:14, of which this chapter is the continuation. Those who take verses: Daniel 11:5-20 as belonging to the past do not agree as to the interpretation from history. We give the commonly held view, making the break between Daniel 11:20 and Daniel 11:21.

Daniel 11:4

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.