Daniel 11:20 meaning and explanation

In his place one will arise who will send out a tax collector for the glory of the kingdom; but within a few days he will be destroyed, though not in anger or in battle.

Daniel 11:20, Berean Standard Bible

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The speaker is the angelic figure who has been revealing the future to Daniel, continuing a long sequence of kings from Persia to Greece and then the divided kingdoms of the North and South. This verse follows the death of the king of the North and describes his successor, who sends a tax collector to raise revenue for the glory of the kingdom.

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