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Daniel 11:21

Daniel 11:21

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

estate: or, place, Daniel 11:7, Daniel 11:20

shall stand: Daniel 7:8, Daniel 8:9, Daniel 8:23, Daniel 8:25

a vile person: Antiochus Epiphanes, called also Epimanes: or madman, for his despicable conduct. 1 Samuel 3:13; Psalms 12:8, Psalms 15:4; Isaiah 32:5; Nahum 1:14

by flatteries: Daniel 11:32, Daniel 11:34; Judges 9:1-20; 2 Samuel 15:2-6; Psalms 55:21

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