14And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Who by the mouth of thy servant David hast said, Why did the heathen rage, and the people imagine vain things? …
For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-20)Here are foretold, I. The rise and power of two great kingdoms out of the remains of Alexander’s conquests, Dan. 11:5. 1. The kingdom of Egypt, which was made considerable by Ptolemaeus Lagus, one of Alexander’s captains, whose successors were, from him, called the Lagidae . He is called the king of the south , that is, Egypt, named here, Dan. 11:8 , 42 , 43 . The countries that at first belonged…
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