Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain.
Ver. 26. Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat.] His own courtiers, captains, and pensioners, corrupted by Antiochus, betrayed Philometor. See /Apc 1Ma 1:16-20. In trust I have oft found treason, said Queen Elizabeth.