The overwhelming forces will be overwhelmed from before him, and will be broken. Yes, also the prince of the covenant.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 22. Fighter. That is, of them that shall oppose him, and shall fight against him. Challoner.—Heliodorus, who had murdered his brother and usurped the throne, and Ptolemy Epiphanes, were discomfited. The latter was making preparations against Seleucus, and said that his riches were in the purses of his friends, upon which they poisoned him. Saint Jerome Calmet.—Covenant, or of the league. The chief of them that conspired against him; or the king of Egypt, his most powerful adversary. Challoner.—This title belongs to antichrist, who will join the Jews, and be received as their Messias. Saint Irenaeus verse 25. Saint Jerome and so forth John 543. Worthington.