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 him - Antiochus Epiphanes shall invade Egypt with overwhelming forces.
Yea, also the prince of the covenant - Ptolemy Philometor, the son of Cleopatra, Antiochus' sister, who was Yea, also the prince of the covenant - Ptolemy Philometor, the son of Cleopatra, Antiochus' sister, who was joined in covenant with him. Ptolemy's guardians, while he was a boy, sought to recover from Epiphanes Coelo-Syria and Palestine, which had been promised by Antiochus the Great as Cleopatra's dowry in marrying Ptolemy Epiphanes. Hence arose the war. Philometor's generals were vanquished, and Pelusium, the key of Egypt, taken by Antiochus, 171 BC