Daniel 11:21. a contemptible person: Antiochus Epiphanes (175- 164). The rest of the chapter is a description of Antiochus, who is regarded as the villain of the piece. they had not given: Antiochus was not the natural heir. The throne should have passed to Demetrius, the son of the previous king. in time of security: or unawares (see Daniel 8:25 and Daniel 11:24). by flatteries: Antiochus made himself very popular with the people of Antioch. An inscription was discovered at Pergamum in 1885 recording a vote of thanks passed by them to Eumenes, king of Pergamum, and Attalus his brother, for the assistance which they had rendered to Antiochus in obtaining the crown. It is printed in CB, p. 207.
Related Commentaries of Daniel 11:21
Daniel 11:21
21 And in his estatef 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.