Daniel 11:3

3 Se levantará entonces un rey poderoso que gobernará con gran autoridad y hará lo que le plazca.

Daniel 11:3 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 11:3

And a mighty king shall stand up
Not in Persia, but in Greece; Alexander the great, who rose up a hundred years after the above expedition of Xerxes, and "stood" and flourished, and conquered all he attacked, none being able to resist him; and is rightly called a "mighty king", a very powerful one: this is the notable horn in the he goat, which being exasperated by the ram, the Persians, and their invasion of Greece, pushed at them, and destroyed them, ( Daniel 8:5-7 ) : that shall rule with great dominion; not in Greece only but in the whole world, at least as he thought, and really did over a very great part of it; for, as Jerome says, having conquered the Illyrians, Thracians, Greece, and Thebes, he passed into Asia; and, having put to flight the generals of Darius, he took the city of Sardis, and afterwards India. And do according to his will;
not only in his own army, sacrificing his best friends at his pleasure; but with his enemies, conquering whom he would, none being able to withstand him; all things succeeded to his wish; whatever he attempted he performed. His historian ^F15 says of him,

``that it must be owned he owed much to virtue, but more to fortune, which alone of all mortals he had in his power;''

since, by the benefit of it, he seemed to do with nations whatever he pleased; he was sovereign in all things, and set himself to be worshipped as a deity.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Curtius, l. 10. c. 5.

Daniel 11:3 In-Context

1 Y en el año primero de Darío el medo, yo mismo me levanté para serle fortalecedor y protector.

2 Y ahora te declararé la verdad: He aquí, se levantarán tres reyes más en Persia, y un cuarto rey obtendrá muchas más riquezas que todos ellos. Cuando éste se haya hecho fuerte con sus riquezas, incitará a todo el imperio contra el reino de Grecia.

3 Se levantará entonces un rey poderoso que gobernará con gran autoridad y hará lo que le plazca.

4 Pero cuando se haya levantado, su reino será fragmentado y repartido hacia los cuatro vientos del cielo, no a sus descendientes, ni según el poder que ejerció, pues su reino será arrancado y dado a otros fuera de ellos.

5 Entonces el rey del sur se hará poderoso, y uno de sus príncipes se hará más poderoso que él y dominará; su dominio será un gran dominio.