Daniel 11:23

And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
league	הִֽתְחַבְּר֥וּת hit.cha.be.Rut	H2266	to join (literally or figuratively) · verb, hithpael infinitive construct
work	יַעֲשֶׂ֣ה ya.'a.Seh	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
deceitfully	מִרְמָ֑ה mir.Mah	H4820	fraud · noun, common feminine singular absolute
up	וְעָלָ֥ה ve.'a.Lah	H5927	to ascend · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
strong	וְעָצַ֖ם ve.'a.Tzam	H6105	to bind fast · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
small	בִּמְעַט bim.'at-	H4592	a little or few (often adverbial or compar.) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
people	גּֽוֹי Goy	H1471	a foreign nation · noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Daniel 8:25 And through his policy also he shall cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he shall magnify himself in his heart, and by peace shall destr…
2 Thessalonians 2:9 Even him, whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
Genesis 34:13 And the sons of Jacob answered Shechem and Hamor his father deceitfully, and said, because he had defiled Dinah their sister:
Psalms 52:2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Proverbs 11:18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
Ezekiel 17:13-19 And hath taken of the king’s seed, and made a covenant with him, and hath taken an oath of him: he hath also taken the mighty of the land:
Romans 1:29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity…
2 Corinthians 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Daniel 11:21–end

All this is a prophecy of the reign of Antiochus Epiphanes, the little horn spoken of before (Dan 8:9) a sworn enemy to the Jewish religion, and a bitter persecutor of those that adhered to it. What troubles the Jews met with in the reigns of the Persian kings were not so particularly foretold to Daniel as these, because then they had living prophets with them, Haggai and Zechariah, to encourage them; but these troubles in the days of Antiochus were foretold, because, before that time, prophecy would cease, and they would find it necessary to have recourse to the written word. Some things in this prediction concerning Antiochus are alluded to in the New Testament predictions of the antichris…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 11:23

TREGELLES notes three divisions in the history of the "vile person," which is continued to the end of the chapter: (1) His rise (Dan 11:21-22). (2) The time from his making the covenant to the taking away of the daily sacrifice and setting up of the abomination of desolation (Dan 11:23-31). (3) His career of blasphemy, to his destruction (Dan 11:32-45); the latter two periods answering to the "week" of years of his "covenant with many" (namely, in Israel) (Dan 9:27), and the last being the closing half week of the ninth chapter. But the context so accurately agrees with the relations of Antiochus to Ptolemy that the primary reference seems to be to the "league" between them. Antitypically, A…

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Adam Clarke on Daniel 11:23

He shall come up - From Rome, where he had been a hostage for the payment of the tax laid on his father. Shall become strong with a small people - At first he had but few to espouse his cause when he arrived at Antioch, the people having been greatly divided by the many claimants of the crown; but being supported by Eumenes and Attalus, his few people increased, and he became strong.

John Gill on Daniel 11:23

The Church Fathers

Here he foretells the revolt against Onias the high priest by Joshua, also called Jason, and by Onias, son of Menelaus. The former, Jason, had recourse to Antiochus and threw his own brother out from the high priesthood. Menelaus, who was commissioned to bring tributes and gold to Antiochus, appointed himself high priest and drove out Jason.
— Theodoret of Cyrus, COMMENTARY ON DANIEL 11:23

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Dictionary and topics

Macedonian Empire, The · Predictions respecting: History of its four divisions — Predictions respecting: History of its four divisions
Syria · Prophecies respecting: Its history in connection with the Macedonia empire — Prophecies respecting: Its history in connection with the Macedonia empire

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Daniel 11:23

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Daniel 11:21–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 11:23

Adam Clarke on Daniel 11:23

John Gill on Daniel 11:23

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Daniel 11:23

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Daniel 11:21–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Daniel 11:23

Adam Clarke on Daniel 11:23

John Gill on Daniel 11:23

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Daniel 11:23

Keil & Delitzsch on Daniel 11:21-24

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Daniel 11:23

Rashi on Daniel 11:23