Daniel 11:20 Explained in Context

Selected verse

Verse 20. Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.

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Quick Meaning

Daniel 11:20 states this unit's complete textual step with “Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the…”.

A tax-raiser lasts only a few days

This verse is one part of that explanation in Daniel 11:20. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.

Read It With

Daniel 11:14–24

Read Daniel 11:20 with 11:14–24. Daniel 11:20 states this unit's complete textual step with “Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the…”. The complete unit establishes this movement: A ruler sends an exactor through the glorious kingdom and is soon broken without battle or public anger.

Why This Verse Appears Here

11:14-19 completes “Northern Ascendance Ends in a Fall”; the text now turns to “A Brief Tax-Raising Successor.” Its final verse prepares “A Contemptible King Gains Power by Intrigue” in 11:21-28. Within that movement: Daniel 11:20 states this unit's complete textual step with “Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the…”.

Phrase-by-Phrase Explanation

“Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the…”

In plain language: This wording states this unit's complete textual step.

A ruler sends an exactor through the glorious kingdom and is soon broken without battle or public anger. Daniel 11:20 states this unit's complete textual step with “Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the…”.

Why it matters: This wording carries a material lexical, historical, theological, reception, or misuse boundary.

How certain? probable

What This Verse Is Not Saying

Daniel 11:20 does not stand alone from Daniel 11:14–24. Daniel 11:20 does not establish a modern identification, date, guarantee, or command by itself. Its verse-specific role is: states this unit's complete textual step with “Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the…”.

What Remains True

Intrigue, militarized ambition, coerced worship, and flattery damage communities, while truthful teaching can endure without controlling outcomes. Daniel 11:20 keeps that truth tied to this claim: A ruler sends an exactor through the glorious kingdom and is soon broken without battle or public anger. In this unit: Daniel 11:20 states this unit's complete textual step with “Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the…”.

Teach It Back

Explain Daniel 11:20's role in 11:14–24. Name the ancient setting, quote or paraphrase “Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the…”, state one material uncertainty, and name one conclusion the verse does not authorize.

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Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.

Read Daniel 11:20 — A Brief Tax-Raising Successor

Sources used for this Verse Lens

How certain is this explanation? probable

Where care is needed

Daniel 11:20 must be read with this unit-level uncertainty: Exact king identifications, campaign details, verse 14's violent ones, covenant language, the referent of every pronoun, start of a possible eschatological shift, and verses 40-45 are disputed. Traditional predictive readings and critical ex eventu reconstruction should each be labeled.

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Biblical text

King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006

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Exact location: Daniel 11:20, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus

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hebrew aramaic text and morphology

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Daniel

Open Scriptures

Open Scriptures, release 2.2

Supports: Masoretic Hebrew-Aramaic wording, morphology, language boundary, names, repeated roots, clauses, and lexical controls.

Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Dan.xml, 11:20; Hebrew 1:1–2:4a and 8:1–12:13, Aramaic 2:4b–7:28

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translation and translator notes

NET Bible: Daniel with translators' notes

Biblical Studies Press

Biblical Studies Press, 2006

Supports: Verse-level Hebrew-Aramaic, textual, historical, translation, chronology, angelic-language, and duration notes.

Exact location: NET Bible Daniel PDF, printed pp. 1665–1668, translation and translator notes on 11:20

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