| Geneva Study Bible Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of {o} his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be {p} found. (o) For fear of the Romans he will flee to his strongholds. (p) For when as under the pretence of poverty he would have robbed the temple of Jupiter Dodomeus, the countrymen slew him. Wesley's Notes 11:19 Then - Then he turned his face home - ward, yet was he not in safety, but was quickly after killed. Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 19. Then he shall turn . toward . his own land-Compelled by Rome to relinquish all his territory west of the Taurus, and defray the expenses of the war, he garrisoned the cities left to him. stumble . not be found-Attempting to plunder the temple of Jupiter at Elymais by night, whether through avarice, or the want of money to pay the tribute imposed by Rome (a thousand talents), he was slain with his soldiers in an insurrection of the inhabitants [Justin, 32.2]. Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 11:1-30 The angel shows Daniel the succession of the Persian and Grecian empires. The kings of Egypt and Syria are noticed: Judea was between their dominions, and affected by their contests. From ver. 5-30, is generally considered to relate to the events which came to pass during the continuance of these governments; and from ver. 21, to relate to Antiochus Epiphanes, who was a cruel and violent persecutor of the Jews. See what decaying, perishing things worldly pomp and possessions are, and the power by which they are gotten. God, in his providence, sets up one, and pulls down another, as he pleases. This world is full of wars and fightings, which come from men's lusts. All changes and revolutions of states and kingdoms, and every event, are plainly and perfectly foreseen by God. No word of God shall fall to the ground; but what he has designed, what he has declared, shall infallibly come to pass. While the potsherds of the earth strive with each other, they prevail and are prevailed against, deceive and are deceived; but those who know God will trust in him, and he will enable them to stand their ground, bear their cross, and maintain their conflict. | 
