Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.

Bible References

In the

Daniel 10:14
Now I have come to make you understand what shall happen to your people in the latter days; for the vision refers to future days."
Numbers 24:24
But ships shall come from the coast of Kittim. They shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber. He also shall come to destruction."
Ezekiel 38:8
After many days you shall be visited: in the latter years you shall come into the land that is brought back from the sword, that is gathered out of many peoples, on the mountains of Israel, which have been a continual waste; but it is brought forth out of the peoples, and they shall dwell securely, all of them.
1 Timothy 4:1
But the Spirit says expressly that in later times some will fall away from the faith, paying attention to seducing spirits and doctrines of demons,

When

Genesis 15:16
In the fourth generation they will come here again, for the iniquity of the Amorite is not yet full."
Matthew 23:32
Fill up, then, the measure of your fathers.
1 Thessalonians 2:16
forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they may be saved; to fill up their sins always. But wrath has come on them to the uttermost.

A king

Daniel 8:9
Out of one of them came forth a little horn, which grew exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the beautiful land.
Daniel 7:8
I considered the horns, and behold, there came up among them another horn, a little one, before which three of the first horns were plucked up by the roots. And behold, in this horn were eyes like the eyes of a man, and a mouth speaking arrogant things.
Deuteronomy 28:50
a nation of fierce facial expressions, that shall not respect the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,

And understanding

Daniel 8:25
Through his cunning he shall cause deceit to prosper by his influence, and he shall be great in his own mind, and without warning he shall destroy many. He shall also stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be shattered, but not by human hands.
Daniel 11:21
In his place shall arise a despicable person, to whom the honor of kingship had not been given, but he shall come in a time of prosperity, and shall obtain the kingdom through deceit.
2 Thessalonians 2:9
even he whose coming is according to the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders,
Revelation 13:11
I saw another beast coming up out of the earth. He had two horns like a lamb, and he spoke like a dragon.
Revelation 19:20
The beast was taken, and with him the false prophet who worked the signs in his sight, with which he deceived those who had received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image. These two were thrown alive into the lake of fire that burns with sulfur.