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:[[Alexander the Great|Alexander]] was shown Daniel 2, 7, 8 & 11 at [[Jerusalem]]<ref>[[Josephus]], ''Antiquities'' 11.8.5</ref>, flattering his ego & fueling his already extant belief of Divine appointment.  If this is true it explains his future life as a man trying to out run his destiny and then his final resignation to it.  His final actions were probable active co-operation with  Daniel’s prophecies.  This otherwise never before published theory harmonizes the historical accounts and happily explains many of the inconsistencies of [[Alexander the Great|Alexander's]] closing events.

:[[Alexander the Great|Alexander]] was shown Daniel 2, 7, 8 & 11 at [[Jerusalem]]<ref>[[Josephus]], ''Antiquities'' 11.8.5</ref>, flattering his ego & fueling his already extant belief of Divine appointment.  If this is true it explains his future life as a man trying to out run his destiny and then his final resignation to it.  His final actions were probable active co-operation with  Daniel’s prophecies.  This otherwise never before published theory harmonizes the historical accounts and happily explains many of the inconsistencies of [[Alexander the Great|Alexander's]] closing events.

'''Other Commentators''' - Work in Progress

====Other Commentators====

:Work in Progress

 

:Here the commentators start to vary, but not in concept, only in identification of who are the four kings:

:Here the commentators start to vary, but not in concept, only in identification of who are the four kings:

:* [[Jerome]] sits a little different from both modern established history and older commentators citing [[Ptolemy I]], [[Philip III of Macedon]], [[Seleucus I Nicator]] and [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus]] as king in the north.<ref>[[Hieronymus]], ''Commentariorum in Danielem'', [[Patrologia Latina]] 25;<br>[[Jerome]], ''Commentary on Daniel'', trans. Gleason L. Archer (1958), Internet Archive, p.118., https://archive.org/details/20200508-commentary-on-daniel/page/120/mode/2up, retrieved 2026-10-04;<br>''“After [[Alexander the Great|Alexander]]... In [[Egypt]]...[[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy]]... was the first to become king.  In [[Macedonia]],...the Philip who was also called [[Philip III Arrhidaeus|Aridaeus]], a brother of [[Alexander the Great|Alexander]], became king.  The king of [[Syria]] and [[Babylon]] and the remoter regions, that is, the east, was [[Seleucus I Nicator|Seleucus Nicanor]].  [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus|Antigonus]] was king of [[Asia Minor]] and [[Pontus]] and of the other provinces in that whole area, that is, in the north.”''</ref>

:* [[Jerome]] sits a little different from both modern established history and older commentators citing [[Ptolemy I]], [[Philip III of Macedon]], [[Seleucus I Nicator]] and [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus]] as king in the north.<ref>[[Hieronymus]], ''Commentariorum in Danielem'', [[Patrologia Latina]] 25;<br>[[Jerome]], ''Commentary on Daniel'', trans. Gleason L. Archer (1958), Internet Archive, p.118., https://archive.org/details/20200508-commentary-on-daniel/page/120/mode/2up, retrieved 2026-10-04;<br>''“After [[Alexander the Great|Alexander]]... In [[Egypt]]...[[Ptolemy I Soter|Ptolemy]]... was the first to become king.  In [[Macedonia]],...the Philip who was also called [[Philip III Arrhidaeus|Aridaeus]], a brother of [[Alexander the Great|Alexander]], became king.  The king of [[Syria]] and [[Babylon]] and the remoter regions, that is, the east, was [[Seleucus I Nicator|Seleucus Nicanor]].  [[Antigonus I Monophthalmus|Antigonus]] was king of [[Asia Minor]] and [[Pontus]] and of the other provinces in that whole area, that is, in the north.”''</ref>