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Daniel 11:2

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11:2Now I will tell you the truth.

The Angel Gives a Message to Daniel

“Three2 more kings will arise for Persia. Then a fourth3 king will be unusually rich,4 more so than all who preceded him. When he has amassed power through his riches, he will stir up everyone against5 the kingdom of Greece.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Perhaps these three more kings are Cambyses ( 530–522 b.c.), Pseudo-Smerdis ( 522 b.c.), and Darius I Hystaspes ( 522–486 b.c.).
  2. 3 This fourth king is Xerxes I ( 486–465 b.c.). The following reference to one of his chiefs apparently has in view Seleucus Nicator.
  3. 4 Heb “rich with great riches.”
  4. 5 The text is difficult. The Hebrew has here אֶת (’et), the marker of a definite direct object. As it stands, this would suggest the meaning that “he will arouse everyone, that is, the kingdom of Greece.” The context, however, seems to suggest the idea that this Persian king will arouse in hostility against Greece the constituent elements of his own empire. This requires supplying the word “against,” which is not actually present in the Hebrew text.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“And now I will show you the truth. Behold, three more kings shall arise in Persia, and a fourth shall be far richer than all of them. And when he has become strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the kingdom of Greece.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Now then, I tell you the truth: Three more kings will arise in Persia, and then a fourth, who will be far richer than all the others. When he has gained power by his wealth, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Now I will tell you the truth.

“Three more kings will arise in Persia, and the fourth will be far richer than the others. By the power he gains through his riches, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.

NLTNew Living Translation

“Now then, I will reveal the truth to you. Three more Persian kings will reign, to be succeeded by a fourth, far richer than the others. He will use his wealth to stir up everyone to fight against the kingdom of Greece.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And now I will reveal the truth to you. Look! Still three kings will arise in Persia, and the fourth will get abundance and great wealth, even more than all of them, and when he becomes strong through his wealth, then he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Javan.

KJV 1900King James Version

And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.