Daniel Chapter 11 Vs. 3

The Kings of the South and the North

Daniel 11:3 "And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will."

History under Greece

And a mighty... This is Alexander the Great who carried out the plans of his father, Philip of Macedon, to invade the Persian Empire. The war began in 336 B.C. when Alexander came to the throne of Greece and Macedon. He had only 35,000 soldiers and $75,000 to start the war with, while the Persian king had a yearly revenue of $11,000,000, many millions in the treasury, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers, besides a great navy. He hired 50,000 Greek soldiers with Greek generals. But in 13 years Alexander conquered the whole Persian Empire and beyond. He literally did "according to his will," fulfilling Dan. 11:3.

that shall rule... This mighty king Alexander whose rise had been foreshadowed by (a) the bronze belly and thighs of Nebuchadnezzar’s image (Dan. 2:32, 2:39), (b) the winged leopard (Dan. 7:6), and (c) the prominent horn of the goat (Dan. 8:5-8). Between 334 and 330 b.c. Alexander conquered Asia Minor, Syria, Egypt, and the land of the Medo-Persian Empire.

and do according... His conquests extended as far as India, he was powerful in his rule, many thought he might rule the world, he did according to his will, before Alexander’s death at the age of 32 in 323 b.c. from malaria with complications from alcoholism.