Then shall stand up in his estate - Margin, “or, place.” The word used - כן kên - means, properly, “a stand, station, plac…

A raiser of taxes.— The marginal version is preferable, as it gives the meaning of the word “exactor,” or “oppressor,” which it ha…

Seleucus, it is well known, did not long survive his father, for he was put to death either by poison or by members of his household. Suspicion fel…

Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the
glory of the kingdom

Thi…

The angel shows Daniel the succession of the Persian and Grecian empires. The kings of Egypt and Syria are mentioned; Judea was between their domin…