Daniel 11:1 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 11:1-4

Here, 1. The angel Gabriel lets Daniel know the good service he has done to the Jewish nation (Dan. 11:1): ?In the first year of Darius the Mede, who destroyed Babylon and released the Jews out of that house of bondage, I stood a strength and fortress to him, that is, I was instrumental to protect him, and give him success in his ward, and, after he had conquered Babylon, to confirm him in his resolution to release the Jews,? which, it is likely, met with much opposition. Thus by the angel,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 11:1

Also I, in the first year of Darius the Mede ,.... These words more properly belong to the preceding chapter, and should have concluded that, and the "eleventh" chapter should have begun in the next verse; and they are not the words of Daniel, as Jerom and others; but of the angel telling Daniel, not only what he had been lately doing, and would do in the court of Persia for his people; but what he had done in the beginning of that monarchy, the very first year that Darius the Mede became... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 11:1

In the first year of Darius the Mede - This is a continuation of the preceding discourse. Bp. Newton, who is ever judicious and instructing, remarks: It is the usual method of the Holy Spirit to make the latter prophecies explanatory of the former; and thus revelation "is a shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day." The four great empires shown to Nebuchadnezzar, under the symbol of a great image, were again more particularly represented to Daniel under the forms of... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 11:1

Verse 1 Interpreters explain this verse in various ways. Some think the angel fought for the Persian king, and follow up their opinion, because he did not for the first time begin now to defend that monarchy in favor of the chosen people, but had done so from the very beginning. Others refer this to Michael, as the angel declares that he introduced the assistance of Michael. But that is forced and cold. I do not hesitate to state the argument to be from the greater to the less, and we have an... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 11:1

Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. The versions show signs of great disturbance having happened here. The rendering of the LXX . is, "In the first year of Cyrus the king, he told me to be strong and to play the man." Theodotion's rendering is yet briefer, "And I, in the first year of Cyrus, stood in strength and might." The Peshitta rendering, "In the first year of Darius the Mede (he) arose to confirm and strengthen me." The... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 11:1-4

Revolutions in earthly empires. In answer to prayer, Daniel obtains the consolation that other persons—other orders of being—were actively engaged in the same cause as himself. I. UNSEEN AND UNOSTENTATIOUS SERVICE IS OFTEN THE MOST EFFECTIVE . It is not probable that Gabriel appeared in visible form in the Persian court. His presence was unknown; his influence on men unobserved. He was content to exert his power over the feelings, dispositions, motives, of men; in this... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 11:1-45

EXPOSITION THE KINGS OF THE NORTH AND THE KINGS OF THE SOUTH . read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 11:1

Also I - I the angel. He alludes here to what he had done on a former occasion to promote the interests of the Hebrew people, and to secure those arrangements which were necessary for their welfare - particularly in the favorable disposition of Darius the Mede toward them.In the first year of Darius the Mede - See the notes at Daniel 5:31. He does not here state the things contemplated or done by Darius in which he had confirmed or strengthened him, but there can be no reasonable doubt that it... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 11:1

Daniel 11:1. Also I, in the first year of Darius, &c. This verse should have been joined to the last chapter. The meaning of what the angel here says is, that from the time that Daniel addressed those ardent prayers to God about the affairs of his people, mentioned chap. 9., which was in the first year of Darius, from that very time HE (namely, the angel Gabriel) had strenuously co-operated with Michael, in working the deliverance of the Jewish nation. See here again the vast efficacy... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Daniel 11:1

A vision beside the Tigris (10:1-11:1)Daniel’s final vision was also his longest, and his account of it lasts till the end of the book. At this time Cyrus was in the third year of his rule over the Jews (10:1). The Jews who had returned to their land had already met so much opposition that they had stopped rebuilding their temple (Ezra 4:1-5,Ezra 4:24).Perhaps this opposition was part of the cause of Daniel’s sadness (2-3). Whatever the cause, his mourning and fasting provided the circumstances... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 11:1-4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 11:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 11:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 11:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 11:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 11:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 11:1-45

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 11:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 11:1

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Daniel 11:1

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