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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Daniel 11:38 - 11:38
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God of forces - probably Jupiter Capitolinus, to whom Antiochus began to erect a temple at Antioch [Livy, 41.20]. Translate, “He shall honor the god of fortresses on his basis,” that is, the base of the statue. Newton translates, “And the god ‘Mahuzzim’ (guardians, that is, saints adored as ‘protectors’ in the Greek and Roman churches) shall he honor.”
honour with gold, etc. - Compare Rev 17:4 as to Antiochus’ antitype, Antichrist.