Bible Dictionary
INTELLIGENCE
Intelligence means understanding or information. In Daniel it refers to having regard for or making common cause with those who forsake the holy covenant; in the Apocrypha it can mean reported information.
Biblical Usage
Daniel 11:30 uses “have intelligence” in the King James Version for having regard to those who forsake the holy covenant. In 2 Maccabees 3:9 the word means information, a sense retained by the Revised Version.