Daniel 11:3

Daniel 11:3. a mighty king: Alexander the Great.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And a mighty king shall stand up - So far as the language here is concerned, it is not said whether this would be in Persia, as a successor of th...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

And a (d) mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. (d) That is, Alexander the Great.
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

a mighty king . The he-goat's "little horn" ( Daniel 8:9 ). do according to his will . See Daniel 8:4 . Compare verses: Daniel 11:16 ; Daniel 1...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

This refers to Alexander of Macedon. I have already shortly stated the reason why the angel passed over all the Persian kings from Artabanus to...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. A mighty king shall stand up - This was Alexande...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

A mighty king shall stand up, &c.— Afterwards, &c. Houbigant. This is the character of Alexander. That he was a mighty king and conquer...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. A mighty king shall stand up, that shall...
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 D...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A mighty king ] Alexander the Great (333-322 b.c.). 4. The partition of Alexander's empire is described: see chapter Daniel 8:8 ; Daniel 8:22 ....
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A mighty king. — No clue is given to show over what nation this king reigns. According to the context he might be either a Greek or a Persian, or h...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

FIRST SECTION Daniel 11:2-9 Events from the rise of Alexander the Great (B.C. 336) to the death of Seleucus Nicator (B.C. 280). There are to be...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Rise and Fall of Empires Daniel 11:1-14 This chapter foretells the histories of Xerxes, of Alexander the Great, the division of his kingdom...
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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here is a plain and evident inference to the kings and kingdom of Persia, which arose out of the Chaldean; and from the connection which the Church w...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And a mighty king shall stand up ,.... Not in Persia, but in Greece; Alexander the great, who rose up a hundred years after the above expedition of...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. Ver. 3. But a mighty king shall stand up. ]...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And a mighty king shall stand up , &c. Namely, from among the Grecians; that shall rule with great dominion This is evidently descriptive of A...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ruin of the Persian Monarchy. B. C. 534. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This was Alexander the Great, the he-goat, who, moved with choler for the Persian invasion, run down the ram and stamped on it, and got a golden flee...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Growth and Division of the Grecian Empire. ‘And a mighty king will stand up who will rule with great dominion and do according to his will.'...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

HOMILETICS SECT. XXXVIII.—THE KINGS OF THE NORTH AND OF THE SOUTH. (Chap. Daniel 11:1-20 .) We come to the things which the angel was commission...
Scofield Reference Notes

king Alexander the Great, B.C. 332. See ( Daniel 8:5-8 ); ( Daniel 8:21 ); ( Daniel 8:22 ).
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...
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 y...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Daniel 11:1 . Also I, in the first year of Darius, the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him, or, "even as I stood by to strengthen...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And a mighty king shall stand up, a heroic, warlike king, namely, Alexander of Macedonia and Greece, that shall rule with great dominion and do acco...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 7:6 ; Daniel 8:21 ; Daniel 8:5-8 ; Daniel 11:16 ; Daniel 11:36 ; Daniel 4:35 ; Daniel 5:19 ; Daniel 8:4-14 ; Ephesians 1:11 ; Hebrew...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A mighty king — Alexander the great.

³ And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.

Related Commentaries of Daniel 11:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Daniel 11:3