Study it in the app“And now I will declare to you truth. Look, three more kings will stand up in Persia, and the fourth will gain great riches more than all; and when he is strong through his riches, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Javan.”
And nowוְעַתָּהI will declareאַגִּידto youלָךְtruth.אֱמֶתLook,הִנֵּהthreeשְׁלֹשָׁהmoreעוֹדkingsמְלָכִיםwill stand upעֹמְדִיםin Persia,לְפָרַסand the fourthוְהָרְבִיעִיwill gainיַעֲשִׁירgreatגָּדוֹלrichesעֹשֶׁרmore than all;מִכֹּלand when he is strongוּכְחֶזְקָתוֹthrough his riches,בְעָשְׁרוֹhe will stir upיָעִירeveryoneהַכֹּלagainst the kingdomאֵת מַלְכוּתof Javan.יָוָן
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “agid” appearstruth
What corresponds to the facts, what is so and not otherwise.
Where else “emet” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “shelosha” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melachim” appearsstand
To be on one's feet, firm in a place, or to rise up to act.
Where else “omdim” appearsPersia
See it on the mapWhere else “faras” appearsfourth
What holds the place after the third.
Where else “revii” appearsmake rich, become rich
Make rich; grow rich.
Where else “yaashir” appearsgreat
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appearswealth
Wealth, riches.
Where else “osher” appearsstrength, power
Strength, might: the fact of becoming strong. Said of a king when his power is secure.
Where else “chezkat” appearsstir up
To move someone to act, as YHWH a king.
Where else “yair” appearskingdom
A kingdom: the people and territory a king rules, or the one YHWH rules.
Where else “malchut” appearsJavan
Javan, a son of Japheth; it is the Hebrew name of the Greeks (the Ionians).
Where else “yavan” appearsPersia
Today: Iran
An empire stretching from what is now Iran to Egypt; its center was in present-day Iran.
Cyrus, king of Persia, let the Jews return to Jerusalem and rebuild the temple (Ezra 1:1-3).
1And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to be a support and a stronghold for him.
2 · This verse (above)
3And a mighty king will stand up and rule with great dominion and do as he pleases.
