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Daniel 11:2

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will I: Daniel 8:26, Daniel 10:1, Daniel 10:21; Proverbs 22:21; Amos 3:7; John 10:35, John 18:37-38; Revelation 21:5

three: These were, Cambyses, son of Cyrus; Smerdis the Magian imposter; and Darius Hystaspes. Ezra 4:5-6

stir: Herodotus says the army of Xerxes consisted of 5,283,220 men, besides the Carthaginians, consisting of 300,000 men, and 200 ships. Daniel 11:25, Daniel 7:5, Daniel 8:4

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