He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries - Margin, send forth. Significant of war and conquest. The idea is, that he…

He shall stretch forth.— He seizes various countries through which he passes, and among them Egypt is especially selected…

The land of Judea is called the pleasant or desirable land because God considered it worthy of his peculiar favor. He chose it for his dwelling pla…

He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries
before mentioned, and take po e ion of them and rule over th…

The remainder of this prophecy is very difficult, and commentators widely differ regarding it. From Antiochus, the account seems to pa to antichris…