Daniel 11:42-43

He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.

He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries; and ... Egypt shall not escape ... and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps. The second and third invasions of Egypt (169 AD), as described in Daniel 11:23; . Auberlen takes rather Porphyry's statement, that Antiochus, in the 11th year of his reign (166, 165 BC), invaded Egypt again, and took Palestine on his way. The "tidings" () as to the revolt of tributary nations then led him to the East.

Egypt shall not escape ... the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps. The latter two, being the allies of the first served under Antiochus when he conquered Egypt. Antitypically, Egypt, though it held out longer under the Mamelukes, in 1517 AD fell under the Turks. Algiers, Tunis, and other parts of Africa, are still under them.

Verse 43. At his steps - following him (margin, , "the people that follow thee" - that is, at thy steps; , "ten thousand men at his (Barak's) feet").