Daniel 11:19 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.

Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land. Compelled by Rome to relinquish all his territory west of the Taurus, and to defray the expenses of the war, he garrisoned the cities left to him.

But he shall stumble and fall, and not be found. Attempting to plunder the temple of Jupiter at Elymais by night, whether through avarice, or the want of money to pay the tribute imposed by Rome (a thousand talents), he was slain with his soldiers in an insurrection of the inhabitants (Justinius, 32: 2).

Daniel 11:19

19 Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.