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Daniel 11:26

Daniel 11:26
Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him,.... Those of his own household, his familiar friends, his courtiers and counsellors, and the generals of his army; his destruction, or…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him - They of his own family; they who are nourished at his table; they who are his cabinet counselors, and professed and confidential…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat - This is the proof of what has been last noted, that the intrigues of Antiochus, corrupting the ministers and officers of Ptolemy, were the cause of all…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Daniel 11:21-45

All this is a prophecy of the reign of Antiochus Epiphanes, the little horn spoken of before (Dan 8:9) a sworn enemy to the Jewish religion, and a bitter persecutor of those that adhered to it. What…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

And they that eat of his delicacies (Dan 1:5) shall break him some of his courtiers will be his ruin. For the expression, cf. 1Ki 2:7, -those that eat of thy table"; break, as Dan 11:11. The allusion…