Daniel 11:23 Meaning and Explanation
“And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.”
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Read Full Chapter →After an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully, rising to power even with a small following.
What Does Daniel 11:23 Mean?
His method is exposed plainly: he makes a league, an alliance, and then works treacherously against the very partners who trusted him. Beginning with only a small people behind him, he grows strong by betrayal rather than strength of numbers. The pact is a tool of deception from the start.
There is something especially corrosive about treachery cloaked as friendship. To make a covenant and then break it is to weaponize trust itself. Scripture reserves sharp words for the covenant-breaker, for he poisons the very bonds that hold a society together. Against him stands the God who keeps covenant to a thousand generations, the One whose word, once given, is never withdrawn.
Daniel 11:23 in the Original Language
mirmah (מִרְמָה), 'deceitfully' -- treachery and fraud, dealing falsely with those who trust.
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What does Daniel 11:23 mean?
After an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully, rising to power even with a small following.