Daniel — Chapter 11

📖 Daniel — Chapter 11 (KJV)

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Daniel 11:1 Also I ^Rin the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.

Daniel 11:2 And now ^Rwill 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.

Daniel 11:3 And ^Ra mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.

Daniel 11:4 And when ^Rhe 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.

Daniel 11:5 And ^Rthe king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.

Daniel 11:6 And in ^Rthe end of years they shall ^Tjoin themselves together; for the king’s daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make ^Tan agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and ^The that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.

Daniel 11:7 But ^Rout of a branch of her roots shall one stand up ^Tin his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail:

Daniel 11:8 And shall also carry captives into Egypt ^Rtheir gods, with their princes, and with ^Ttheir precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north.

Daniel 11:9 So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land.

Daniel 11:10 But his sons ^Tshall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and ^Roverflow, and pass through: then shall he ^Treturn, and be stirred up, even to his fortress.

Daniel 11:11 And ^Rthe king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.

Daniel 11:12 And when he hath taken away the multitude, ^Rhis heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it.

Daniel 11:13 For ^Rthe king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come ^Tafter certain years with a great army and with much riches.

Daniel 11:14 And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also ^Tthe robbers of thy people shall ^Rexalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.

Daniel 11:15 So the king of the north shall come, and ^Rcast up a mount, and take ^Tthe most fenced cities: and the arms of the south shall not withstand, neither ^This chosen people, neither shall there be any strength to withstand.

Daniel 11:16 But he that cometh against him ^Rshall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the ^Tglorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.

Daniel 11:17 He shall also ^Rset his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and ^Tupright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, ^Tcorrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him.

Daniel 11:18 After this shall he turn his face unto ^Rthe isles, and shall take many: but a prince ^Tfor his own behalf shall cause ^Tthe reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he shall cause it to turn upon him.

Daniel 11:19 Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: ^Rbut he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.

Daniel 11:20 Then shall stand up in his ^RTestate ^Ta raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in ^Tanger, nor in battle.

Daniel 11:21 And in his ^RTestate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

Daniel 11:22 And ^Rwith the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.

Daniel 11:23 And after the league made with him he shall ^Rwork deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.

Daniel 11:24 He shall enter ^Tpeaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers’ fathers; ^Rhe shall scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall ^Tforecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.

Daniel 11:25 And he shall ^Rstir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.

Daniel 11:26 Yea, they ^Rthat feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.

Daniel 11:27 And both of these kings’ ^Thearts ^Rshall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.

Daniel 11:28 Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against ^Rthe holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land.

Daniel 11:29 At the ^Rtime appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.

Daniel 11:30 For ^Rthe ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he shall be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.

Daniel 11:31 And ^Rarms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that ^Tmaketh desolate.

Daniel 11:32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he ^Tcorrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God ^Rshall be strong, and do exploits.

Daniel 11:33 And they that ^Runderstand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.

Daniel 11:34 Now when they shall fall, ^Rthey shall be holpen with a little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.

Daniel 11:35 And ^Rsome of them of understanding shall fall, to ^Ttry them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of the end: because it is yet for a time appointed.

Daniel 11:36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall ^Rexalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.

Daniel 11:37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor ^Rthe desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify himself above all.

Daniel 11:38 ^RBut ^Tin his ^Testate shall he honour the God of ^Tforces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and ^Tpleasant things.

Daniel 11:39 Thus shall he do in the ^RTmost strong holds with a strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory: and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for ^Tgain.

Daniel 11:40 And ^Rat the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.

Daniel 11:41 He shall ^Renter also into the ^Tglorious land, and many countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.

Daniel 11:42 He shall ^Tstretch forth his hand also upon the countries: ^Rand the land of Egypt shall not escape.

Daniel 11:43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and ^Rthe Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.

Daniel 11:44 But tidings out of the ^Reast and out of the north shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.

Daniel 11:45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace ^Rbetween the seas in the ^Tglorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.

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📖 What We’re Reading

Daniel 11:1–15 — Rival powers and broken arrangements

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

The message moves from Persian kings to a mighty ruler and a divided kingdom, then details conflicts between southern and northern rulers. Alliances, marriages, campaigns, and fortified cities reveal unstable earthly arrangements.

Key Truth: Do not make changing political arrangements your final hope.

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📖 What We’re Reading

Daniel 11:16–30 — Deceit, failed campaigns, and hostility to the covenant

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

The description follows further rulers through the glorious land, taxation, deceitful advancement, and competing campaigns. Setbacks culminate in rage against the holy covenant and cooperation with those abandoning it.

Key Truth: Recognize how deceit and ambition harm faithful people.

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📖 What We’re Reading

Daniel 11:31–45 — Faithful resistance and a power that reaches its end

🌱 What These Verses Teach Us

The sanctuary is polluted and sacrifice removed, while those knowing God remain strong and some instruct many through suffering. Pride and further conflict end with the ruler coming to his end without help.

Key Truth: Remain faithful and teach truth without claiming unsupported modern identities.

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Related Scripture (KJV)

Daniel 7:25 — The earlier vision also describes oppressive power opposing the saints.

Daniel 7:25 (KJV) And he shall speak great words against the most High, and shall wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws: and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time.

This related passage is selected for its connection with this chapter. It is separate from the chapter text.

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