Matthew Poole and continuators on Daniel 11:2

2 And now will I shew thee the truth . Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia , and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia .

This is that thing which Daniel saith chap. 10.1▪ was revealed unto him, and was true; i. e. plain without any obscurity, and should suddenly and certainly come to pass.

Which notes their flourishing and strength; for after them that Monarchy declined. These three are Cyrus, Smerdis, Darius Hystaspis. Others put Cambyses for Cyrus; others add Xerxes, who is added as the fourth in this same verse▪ and made more potent than all the other three, because [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 letter]ather Darius had gather'd an incredible Mass for him, and he also himself drove the same trade for six years together before he made his expedition against Greece. There were more Kings of Persia besides those four, but they had no concern with the people of God: but those four had, either in hindring or helping the Building of the Temple▪ and therefore the Angels instructions from God to Daniel, was principally touching those four who are mentioned.

He had vast Territories from India to Ethiopia; He had a Navy of 1200 Ships▪ and an Army of 800000 as C[illegible: 1 letter]esias writers, but Herodotus speaks of a prodigious Army that Xerxes had little short of five millions and near an half 5283000, and all against the Realm of Greece, where he made incredible Havock at Thermopylae and Athens, as the Greek and Latin Histories mention.