Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
kingdom . . . divided toward . . . four winds—the fourfold division of Alexander's kingdom at his death (Daniel 8:8, Daniel 8:22), after the battle of Ipsus, 301 BC
not to his posterity—(See on Daniel 8:8; Daniel 8:22).
nor according to his dominion—None of his successors had so wide a dominion as Alexander himself.
others besides those—besides Alexander's sons, Hercules by Barsine, Darius daughter, and Alexander by Roxana, who were both slain [MAURER]. Rather, besides the four successors to the four chief divisions of the empire, there will be other lesser chiefs who shall appropriate smaller fragments of the Macedonian empire [JEROME].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Daniel 11:4:
Daniel 2:39
Revelation 17:10
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