Daniel 11:20-22

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²⁰“His successor^[a] will be remembered as the king who sent a tax collector into Israel, but after a very brief reign, he will die mysteriously, though neither in battle nor in riot.

²¹“Next to come to power will be an evil man not directly in line for royal succession.^[b] But during a crisis he will take over the kingdom by flattery and intrigue. ²²Then all opposition will be swept away before him, including a leader of the priests.^[c]

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Footnotes

Daniel 11:20 His successor. Seleucus IV, successor to Antiochus III, sent Heliodorus to rob and desecrate the Temple in Jerusalem.
Daniel 11:21 Next to come to power will be an evil man not directly in line for royal succession. This may refer to Antiochus IV Epiphanes who, when his brother Seleucus was assassinated, ingratiated himself with the Romans and took over.
Daniel 11:22 including a leader of the priests, probably Jason, treacherously removed by the Hellenist Menelaus.