The prophecy describing the rise and fall of the four kings of Persia
From The Bible Knowledge Commentary, Old Testament (David C Cook, 1985), p.1363. Used with permission.
The passage in Daniel 11:2-35 presents the claim concerning From The Bible Knowledge Commentary, Old Testament (David C Cook, 1985), p.1363. Used with permission.. It describes 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. In attempting to identify the four kings, it is probable that Daniel excluded Darius the Mede and Cyrus II (550-540 BC). The four kings probably were Cambyses (529-522 BC), who was not mentioned in the Old Testament, Pseudo-Smerdis (522-521 BC), Darius I Hystaspes (521-486 BC, Ezra 5-6), and Xerxes I (486-465 BC, Ezra 4:6).
Source Scripture
Fulfilment / Prophetic Classification
- Claim Type
- Direct prophecy
- Relationship Type
- OT → Future fulfilment
- Prophetic Horizon
- Past / Historical
- Fulfilment Status
- Fulfilled
Research status
- Status
- Qualified
- Confidence
- Medium
- Data source
- Walvoord V5.1 - 179
- Research provenance
- Single
Research sources & provenance (1)
Sources are recorded to show where a claim came from and to distinguish source authority from the Explorer's own editorial judgment. A source rating is not a claim of infallibility, and a respected Christian source may still contain interpretation-specific conclusions.
John F. Walvoord - Every Prophecy of the Bible
Viz.Bible research context (0)
These are exact Scripture-reference context matches from the retained Viz.Bible dataset. They are research context only and are not automatically treated as fulfilment relationships.