Page 3 - 11 A Literal Prophecy

DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 11 – A Literal Prophecy
chapter 8; a statement showing how clearly

he perceived the connection between that

vision and the remainder of the book.

The angel, after stating that he stood, in the

first year of Darius, to confirm and strengthen

him, turns his attention to the future. Three

kings shall yet stand up in Persia. To stand up

means to reign; three kings were to reign in

Persia, referring, doubtless, to the immediate

successors of Cyrus. These were, (1)

Cambyses, son of Cyrus; (2) Smerdis, an

impostor; (3) Darius Hystaspes.

“The fourth shall be far richer than they all.”

The fourth king from Cyrus was Xerxes, more

famous for his riches than his generalship, and

conspicuous in history for the magnificent

campaign he organized against Grecia, and his

utter failure in that enterprise. He was to stir