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Then shall stand up in his place one who shall cause a tax collector to pass through the kingdom to maintain its glory; but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.
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A Precisely Fulfilled Prophecy
Commentators are in remarkable agreement that this verse describes Seleucus IV Philopator, the successor to Antiochus the Great. His reign was defined by being a "raiser of taxes" to pay a massive annual tribute to Rome. He reigned for a relatively short time (about 12 years) and was assassinated by treachery, not in a popular revolt ("anger") or war ("battle"), fulfilling the prophecy with stunning accuracy.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Then shall stand up in his estate - Margin, “or, place.” The word used - כן kên - means, properly, “a stand, station, plac…
19th Century
Anglican
A raiser of taxes.— The marginal version is preferable, as it gives the meaning of the word “exactor,” or “oppressor,” which it ha…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
