But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and [one] shall certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred up, [even] to his fortress.
Ver. 10. But his sons.] Callinicus's sons - viz., Seleucus, Ceraunus, and Antiochus Magnus, quasi duo fulmina belli.
Shall be stirred up.] As not enduring that Ptolemy Philopator, son of Euergetes, should possess any part of Syria under their noses.
Shall assemble a multitude of great forces.] Seventy thousand footmen, and fifty thousand horsemen, saith Polybius. a
And one shall certainly come.] One, not both; because Ceraunus, who seemed to be as swift and as irresistible as lightning, and therehence had his name, b was slain by Nicanor, so that Antiochus the Great was king alone.
And shall overflow and pass through.] To wit, against the captains of Ptolemy in Syria, Attalus, and Theodatus.
And he shall be stirred up, even to his fortress.] To Ptolemy's fortress, or fortified city, Raphia, which lieth in the entrances of Egypt, saith Jerome.
a Lib. v.
b Ceraunias id est fulmineus: quod audaci et veloci ingenio praeditus. - Justin.