come to possess all his kingdom, and
he shall make upright conditions with him: and he shall give him a
daughter of women, to overthrow it: and she shall not stand, neither
shall she be for him.

All his kingdom... Viz., all the kingdom of Ptolemeus Epiphanes, son of
Philopator.-Ibid. A daughter of women... That is, a most beautiful
woman, viz., his daughter Cleopatra.-Ibid. To overthrow it... Viz., the
kingdom of Epiphanes: but his policy shall not succeed; for Cleopatra
shall take more to heart the interest of her husband, than that of her
father.

11:18. And he shall turn his face to the islands, and shall take many:
and he shall cause the prince of his reproach to cease, and his reproach
shall be turned upon him.

The prince of his reproach... Seipio the Roman general, called the
prince of his reproach, because he overthrew Antiochus, and obliged him
to submit to very dishonourable terms, before he would cease from the
war.

11:19. And he shall turn his face to the empire of his own land, and he
shall stumble, and fall, ans shall not be found.

11:20. And there shall stand up in his place one most vile, and unworthy
of kingly honour: and in a few days he shall be destroyed, not in rage
nor in battle.

One most vile... Seleucus Philopator, who sent Heliodorus to plunder the
temple: and was shortly after slain by the same Heliodorus.

11:21. And there shall stand up in his place one despised, and the
kingly honour shall not be given him: and he shall come privately, and
shall obtain the kingdom by fraud.

One despised... Viz., Antiochus Epiphanes, who at first was despised and
not received for king. What is here said of this prince, is accommodated
by St. Jerome and others to Antichrist; of whom this Antiochus was a
figure.

11:22. And the arms of the fighter shall be overcome before his face,
and shall be broken: yea, also the prince of the covenant.

Of the fighter... That is, of them that shall oppose him, and shall
fight against him.-Ibid. The prince of the covenant... or, of the
league. The chief of them that conspired against him: or the king of
Egypt his most powerful adversary.

11:23. And after friendships, he will deal deceitfully with him: and he
shall go up, and shall overcome with a small people.

11:24. And he shall enter into rich and plentiful cities: and he shall
do that which his fathers never did, nor his fathers' fathers: he shall
scatter their spoils, and their prey, and their rich