Agreement Armies Arms Army Broken Completely Covenant Destroyed Fate Flood Flooded Forces Leader Overflowed Overflowing Overflown Overwhelmed Overwhelming Prince Ruler Shattered Swept Utterly Yea Yes
11:22 And with the {t} arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the {u} covenant.
(t) He shows that great foreign powers will come to help the young son of Seleucus against his uncle Antiochus, and yet will be overthrown.
(u) Meaning Ptolemais Philopater's son, who was this child's cousin, and is here called the prince of the covenant, because he was the chief, and all others followed his conduct.
11:22 Overflown - The Egyptian force near Pelusium, where they fell by the power of Antiochus, with a great slaughter, near the river Nile. The prince - The high - priest with his place and honour, for he put out Onias, and set up in his stead, Jason his brother.
11:1-30 The angel shows Daniel the succession of the Persian and Grecian empires. The kings of Egypt and Syria are noticed: Judea was between their dominions, and affected by their contests. From ver. 5-30, is generally considered to relate to the events which came to pass during the continuance of these governments; and from ver. 21, to relate to Antiochus Epiphanes, who was a cruel and violent persecutor of the Jews. See what decaying, perishing things worldly pomp and possessions are, and the power by which they are gotten. God, in his providence, sets up one, and pulls down another, as he pleases. This world is full of wars and fightings, which come from men's lusts. All changes and revolutions of states and kingdoms, and every event, are plainly and perfectly foreseen by God. No word of God shall fall to the ground; but what he has designed, what he has declared, shall infallibly come to pass. While the potsherds of the earth strive with each other, they prevail and are prevailed against, deceive and are deceived; but those who know God will trust in him, and he will enable them to stand their ground, bear their cross, and maintain their conflict.
Agreement Armies Arms Army Broken Completely Covenant Destroyed Flood Flooded Forces Leader Overflowed Overflowing Overflown Overwhelmed Overwhelming Prince Ruler Shattered Swept Utterly
Agreement Armies Arms Army Broken Completely Covenant Destroyed Flood Flooded Forces Leader Overflowed Overflowing Overflown Overwhelmed Overwhelming Prince Ruler Shattered Swept Utterly
