Daniel 11:24 NLT,NIV,ESV

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Daniel 11:1-45

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 kings in Persia, and also a fourth, "richer than they all." The fourth would "stir up all against the realm of Greece." This undoubtedly would refer to Xerxes. Following the fourth there would be another, whose kingdom would be broken and scattered. Here the reference was to Alexander. Beyond that,... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 11:20-44

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 the throne from his brother’s son, Demetrius, and persecuted Israel, leading on into a mysterious figure who will appear at the end of time (Daniel 11:40). Antiochus IV is the ‘horn of littleness’ of Daniel 8:23-25, while the mysterious figure is the ‘horn, the small one’ of Daniel 7:24-26. read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 11:24

‘In time of security will he come even on the fattest places of the province, and he will do what his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers. He will scatter among them prey, and spoil, and substance. Yes he will devise his devices against the strongholds, even for a time.’ This continues to describe his methods. He was unlike his ancestors. They were straight conquerors, winning position and wealth in battle. But he worked differently. While things were at rest he would enter the... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 11:24

Daniel 11:24 . the fattest places: the meaning is obscure. The phrase is generally taken to refer to fertile districts of Palestine or Egypt, but some scholars emend the text and render, “ assail the mightiest men of the province.” read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Daniel 11:24

He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; he shall come in upon the Egyptians under pretence of peace, and in time of peace, to a secure people in a plentiful and delicious country, and among a mass of treasures which the kings successively had heaped up, the greatest part of which this Antiochus took and distributed among his chiefest confidants, whereby he obliged them the faster to him, for he was large-hearted and liberal. He did herein (saith the text.) what... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Daniel 11:21-35

HOMILETICSSECTION 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 revelation as the Little Horn of the Third or Grecian Empire (chap. Daniel 8:9-12; Daniel 8:23-25). This is Antiochus, surnamed Epiphanes, or the Illustrious. The present prediction concerning him is a considerable enlargement of the former one. The prominence given to this Syrian king arises in the first... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Daniel 11:1-45

Now He begins to reveal unto Daniel these things are going to transpire, as far as the future is concerned. And here Daniel gets into such interesting details that many of the Bible critics have a difficult time with the eleventh chapter of the book of Daniel. And they say that it was actually written in the year 166 B.C., after all of these events took place, because it was impossible that he could have written of these events until they had happened. However, that's of course quite a miracle... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 11:1-45

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 men to believe in the truth of revelation. He describes the conflicts of the kings of Egypt and Asia, as the flux and reflux of the sea. The first of those three kings was Cambyses, son of Cyrus. The second Smerdis the great. The third Darius Hystaspes, the husband of queen Esther. The fourth was... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 11:24

Dan 11:24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do [that] which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: [yea], and he shall forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time. Ver. 24. He shall enter peaceably, even upon the fattest places of the province, ] i.e., Upon Memphis, in the very heart of the country. And he shall do that which his fathers have not... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Daniel 11:24

peaceably even upon the fattest: or, into the peaceable and fat, etc he shall scatter: Judges 9:4, Proverbs 17:8, Proverbs 19:6 forecast his devices: Heb. think his thoughts, Daniel 7:25, Proverbs 23:7, Ezekiel 38:10, Matthew 9:4 Reciprocal: Proverbs 19:21 - many Daniel 8:23 - and understanding Revelation 17:14 - shall make read more