111 And in the first year of Darius the Mede, I took my stand to support and protect him.)
111 Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
111 "And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.
111 "'And I, in my turn, have been helping him out as best I can ever since the first year in the reign of Darius the Mede.' The Kings of the South and the North
111 "Also in the first year of Darius the Mede, I, even I, stood up to confirm and strengthen him.)
111 I have been standing beside Michael to support and strengthen him since the first year of the reign of Darius the Mede.)
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Daniel 11:1
Commentary on Daniel 11:1-30
(Read Daniel 11:1-30)
The angel shows Daniel the succession of the Persian and Grecian empires. The kings of Egypt and Syria are noticed: Judea was between their dominions, and affected by their contests. From verse 21, to relate to Antiochus Epiphanes, who was a cruel and violent persecutor of the Jews. See what decaying, perishing things worldly pomp and possessions are, and the power by which they are gotten. God, in his providence, sets up one, and pulls down another, as he pleases. This world is full of wars and fightings, which come from men's lusts. All changes and revolutions of states and kingdoms, and every event, are plainly and perfectly foreseen by God. No word of God shall fall to the ground; but what he has designed, what he has declared, shall infallibly come to pass. While the potsherds of the earth strive with each other, they prevail and are prevailed against, deceive and are deceived; but those who know God will trust in him, and he will enable them to stand their ground, bear their cross, and maintain their conflict.