‏ Daniel 11:4

     4. kingdom . . . divided toward . . . four winds—the fourfold division of Alexander's kingdom at his death (Da 8:8, 22), after the battle of Ipsus, 301 B.C.

      not to his posterity—(See on Da 8:8; Da 8:22).

      nor according to his dominion—None of his successors had so wide a dominion as Alexander himself.

      others besides those—besides Alexander's sons, Hercules by Barsine, Darius' daughter, and Alexander by Roxana, who were both slain [MAURER]. Rather, besides the four successors to the four chief divisions of the empire, there will be other lesser chiefs who shall appropriate smaller fragments of the Macedonian empire [JEROME].

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