Daniel 11:22

Daniel 11:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Then an overwhelming army will be swept away before him; both it and a prince of the covenant will be destroyed.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Armies shall be utterly swept away before him and broken, even the prince of the covenant.
• New King James Version (NKJV)With the force of a flood they shall be swept away from before him and be broken, and also the prince of the covenant.

Context of Daniel 11:22

20“Then in his place one (his eldest son, Seleucus IV Philopator) will arise who will send an oppressor through the Jewel of his kingdom; yet within a few days he will be shattered, though not in anger nor in battle. 21And in his place [in Syria] will arise a despicable and despised person, to whom royal majesty and the honor of kingship have not been conferred, but he will come [without warning] in a time of tranquility and seize the kingdom by intrigue. The overwhelming forces [of the invading armies of Egypt] will be flooded away before him and smashed; and also the prince of the covenant [will be smashed]. 23After an alliance is made with him he will work deceitfully, and he will go up and gain power with a small force of people. 24In a time of tranquility, [without warning] he will enter the most productive and richest parts of the kingdom [of Egypt], and he will accomplish that which his fathers never did, nor his fathers’ fathers; he will distribute plunder, spoil and goods among them. He will devise plans against strongholds, but only for a time [decreed by God].

Daniel 11:22 word by word

וּזְרֹע֥וֹת הַשֶּׁ֛טֶף יִשָּׁטְפ֥וּ מִלְּפָנָ֖יו וְיִשָּׁבֵ֑רוּ וְגַ֖ם נְגִ֥יד בְּרִֽית׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And with the armsזְרוֹעַzerôa‛ zerôa‛ zerô‛âh zerô‛âh · armH2220
• of a floodשֶׁ֫טֶףsheţeph shêţeph · floodH7858
• shall they be overflownשָׁטַףshâţaph · to overflowH7857
• from beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• him, and shall be brokenשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
• yea, also the princeנָגִידnâgîyd nâgid · leaderH5057
• of the covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285

Cross-references for Daniel 11:22

• Daniel 11:10“His sons will prepare for battle and assemble a multitude of great forces; which will keep on coming and overflow [the land], and pass through, so that they may again wage war as far as his fortress.
• Daniel 9:26Then after the sixty-two weeks [of years] the Anointed One will be cut off [and denied His Messianic kingdom] and have nothing [and no one to defend Him], and the people of the [other] prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. Its end will come with a flood; even to the end there will be war; desolations are determined.
• Isaiah 8:7Now therefore, listen carefully, the Lord is about to bring on them the waters of the [Euphrates] River, strong and abundant— The king of Assyria and all his glory; And it will rise over all its channels and canals and go far beyond its banks.
• Amos 8:8Because of this [coming judgment] will the land not quake And everyone mourn who dwells in it? Indeed, all of it shall rise up like the Nile, And it will be tossed around [from the impact of judgment] And [afterward] subside again like the Nile of Egypt.
• Amos 9:5The Lord God of hosts [the Omnipotent Ruler], It is He who touches the earth [in judgment] and it melts, And all who dwell on it mourn [in despair and fear], And all of it rises up like the Nile And subsides like the Nile of Egypt;
• Nahum 1:8But with an overwhelming flood [of judgment through invading armies] He will make a complete destruction of its site And will pursue His enemies into darkness.
• Revelation 12:15And the serpent hurled water like a river out of his mouth after the woman, so that he might cause her to be swept away with the flood.
• Daniel 8:10And [in my vision] this horn grew up to the host of heaven, and caused some of the host and some of the stars to fall to the earth, and it trampled on them.

Commentaries on Daniel 11:22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 22And with the arms of a flood - The arms which were overflown before him were his competitors for the crown. They were vanquished by the forces of Eumenes and Attalus; and were dissipated by the arrival of Antiochus from Athens, whose presence disconcerted all their measures. The prince of the covenant - This was Onias, the high priest, whom he removed, and put Jason in his place, who had given him a great sum of money; and then put wicked Menelaus in his…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 22And with the arms of a flood - The refercnce here is to some mighty invasion of some country by Antiochus, which would sweep everything before him. There seems to be some confusion of metaphor in the phrase, “the arms of a flood.” The idea in the mind of the writer appears to have been this: He saw an invasion of some country by hosts of men under the command of Antiochus. This it was not unnatural to compare with an “inundation of waters” spreading over…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22The prince of the covenant was Onias III, the high priest (see study notes on Daniel 9:25–26). Antiochus IV removed him in 175 BC and replaced him with his brother Jason (2 Maccabees 4:7–10). In 171 BC, Menelaus murdered Onias and became high priest from 171 to 162 BC. Menelaus supported Antiochus IV’s plan to spread Greek culture (see study note on Daniel 9:27).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2222. shall they be overflown ... before him--Antiochus Epiphanes shall invade Egypt with overwhelming forces. prince of the covenant--Ptolemy Philometer, 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…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Antiochus
• Forecast
• Obtain
• Push
• Seal
• Alexandria
• Captain
• Covenant, in the Old Testament
• Daniel, Book of
• Flood

Commentaries on Daniel 11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings