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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary

Daniel 11:22

They shall be overflown, i.e. the Egyptian force near Pelusium, where they fell by the power of Antiochus, with a great slaughter; and it was near the river Nilus, to which the Holy Ghost alludes here by the phrase, arms of a flood. The prince of the covenant, i.e. the high priest with his place and honour, for he put out Onias, and set up in his stead Jason his brother, ambitious of that honour. Thus he opposed the people and worship of God with the same stratagems as he did the king of Egypt.

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See also Daniel 11:22 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 22. _AND WITH THE ARMS OF A FLOOD_] The arms which were _overflown_ before him were his competitors for the crown. They were vanquished by the forces of Eumenes and Attalus; and were dissipated...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND WITH THE ARMS OF A FLOOD - The refercnce here is to some mighty invasion of some country by Antiochus, which would sweep everything before him. There seems to be some confusion of metaphor in the...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 11 THE WARS OF THE PTOLEMIES AND SELEUCIDAE PREDICTED THE COMING EVENTS OF THE END _ 1. The wars of the Ptolemies and Seleucidae (Daniel 11:1)_ 2. The time of the end and the man of sin (Dan...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    DANIEL 11:22. The attack of Antiochus upon Palestine. PRINCE OF THE COVENANT: the high priest, Onias III, who is called the anointed one in Daniel 9:26....

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BE OVERFLOWN FROM. sweep all. BROKEN. broken in pieces. YEA, ALSO, &C.: i.e.. prince with whom he had made. covenant or league (Daniel 11:23), and who had hitherto aided him....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Antiochus IV. (Epiphanes), 175 164....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    ( 2) Daniel 11:2 to Daniel 12:4. The revelation given to Daniel. This consists of a survey of the history from the beginning of the Persian period down to the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, followed by...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _And_ THE ARMS _of_ THE _flood_ fig. for opposing forces. The metaphor is a mixed one: for -arms," cf. Daniel 11:15; for the fig. of the flood, Daniel 11:10; Daniel 11:26;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    General description of Antiochus" character and dealings. The verses have often (from Jerome onwards) been referred to Antiochus" first Egyptian campaign; but though occurrences in that campaign may b...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND WITH THE ARMS OF A FLOOD, &C.— Or rather, more agreeably to the Hebrew, _And the arms of the overflower shall be,_ &c. The _arms_ which were _overflown before him,_ were those of his competitors f...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    b. PROSPERITY TEXT: Daniel 11:21-28 21 And in his place shall stand up a contemptible person, to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come in time of security, and shall o...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant. AND WITH THE ARMS OF A FLOOD SHALL THEY BE OVERFLOWN FROM BEFORE HI...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    11:22 forces (e-4) Lit. 'arms,' as ver. 15. covenant. (f-21) Or 'the allied prince.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THEY] the opponents of Antiochus. THE PRINCE OF THE COVENANT] the high priest Onias III, deposed by Antiochus in 175 b.c.: see on Daniel 9:26. 25-27. The first campaigns of Antiochus in Egypt. The kin...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FINAL VISION These chs, form a connected whole, with three sub-divisions. Daniel 10:1 to Daniel 11:1 are introductory; Daniel 11:2 to Daniel 12:4 co

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD DANIEL _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 11 V1 ‘Since the first year that Darius from Media ruled, I supported him’, he continued. ‘And I helped him.’ Verse 1 This is really p...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    WITH THE ARMS. — More correctly, _and the arms in a flood;_ that is, the overwhelming forces of invading armies are swept away by the troops of this terrible king. But besides the enemy, the “prince o...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ זְרֹעֹ֥ות הַ שֶּׁ֛טֶף יִשָּׁטְפ֥וּ מִ לְּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THIRD SECTION (Daniel 11:20) Events under Seleucus Philopator down to the first attempts of Antiochus Epiphanes against Egypt (B.C. 170). Daniel 11:20 -Seleucus Philopator (B.C. 187-176) had a chara...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE DESPOILER TRIUMPHS FOR A TIME Daniel 11:15-29 What a picture is presented in this paragraph of the tangled web of earthly politics. They have been too much, and for too long, in the hands of thos...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The foretelling of the glorious One is contained in this chapter. It covered a period to the time of Antiochus Epiphanes, and finally referred to the Messianic kingdom. There would be yet three kings...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    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 y...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Fighter. That is, of them that shall oppose him, and shall fight against him. (Challoner) --- Heliodorus, who had murdered his brother and usurped the throne, and Ptolemy Epiphanes, were discomfited....

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    If my Reader be more curious to make search into hidden things, than to turn over again and again those which the Lord hath revealed; I fear that he will not be pleased with the shortness I purpose to...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    We may naturally conjecture that the dominions of Antiochus were not immediately at peace, because a portion of his court favored the lawful heir. As it always happens in every change of government, t...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND WITH THE ARMS OF A FLOOD SHALL THEY BE OVERFLOWN FROM BEFORE HIM, AND SHALL BE BROKEN,.... That is, by the help of the forces of Eumenes and Attalus, which were like an inundation of water, the pa...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant. Ver. 22. _And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown._] The...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And with the arms of a flood_, &c. By _arms_ here is signified force, or strength, and by an inundation, or _flood_, a great army. By which is here to be understood the forces of Attalus and Eumenes,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before him and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant, literally, "and the overflowing armies will be submerged from before him...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    FURTHER REVELATIONS CONCERNING THE FUTURE...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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. D...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Daniel 11:22 force H2220 flood H7858 away H7857 (H8735) before H6440 broken H7665 (H8735) prince H5057 covenant...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And with the arms of a flood will they be swept away from before him, and will be broken. Yes, even the prince of the covenant.' Antiochus IV swept away all opposition from before him, overflowing th...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES - THE SCOURGE OF ISRAEL. Apart from Daniel 11:20, the remaining verses in the chapter deal with the life of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, second son of Antiochus III, who usurped the thr...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Prophecy covering the period from Darius to anti-Christ, showing the conflicts of nations, and final heading up for destruction. CHARACTERS: God, Daniel, Kings of Persia and Greece, anti-Ch...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Daniel 11:2. _There shall stand up yet three kings in Persia._ Daniel, a minister of state for most of his long life, was here shewn the succession of kingdoms in so clear a light as to command all me...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    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 p...

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