4And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
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Matthew Henry
(vv. 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 ...
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