Daniel Chapter 11 verse 3 Holy Bible
And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
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And a strong king will come to power, ruling with great authority and doing whatever is his pleasure.
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And a mighty king shall stand up that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
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And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
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A mighty king shall stand up, who shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
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And a mighty king hath stood, and he hath ruled a great dominion, and hath done according to his will;
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 3. - And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with groat dominion, and do according to his will. None of the versions imply any difference of reading. The Hebrew implies that the king was a mighty warrior. All critics are agreed that here the reference is to Alexander the Great. This does not mean that Alexander immediately followed Xerxes, but that his expedition was the revenge for that of Xerxes. Alexander, in his answer to Darius Codomannus, justified his invasion of Persia by referring back to Xerxes' invasion of Greece. The two expeditions, that which Xerxes made into Greece, and that of Alexander into Persia, might be regarded as causally connected.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(3) 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 he might belong to a kingdom not yet mentioned. Those who explain what follows to refer to the Ptolemies and Seleucidae identify him with Alexander the Great, and compare with this verse Daniel 7:6; Daniel 8:5-8; Daniel 8:21-22. Certainly the self-will spoken of in this verse was characteristic of Alexander (comp. also Daniel 8:4), but there was nothing in the context which makes it necessary to limit the passage to him. Some autocrat may arise "in the latter times" to whom it will apply with greater force than it did to Alexander.
