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Daniel 11:17

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He shall also: Being assisted by the Jews, he purposed to subdue Egypt; but, entering into treaty with Ptolemy, he gave him his daughter Cleopatra in marriage, thinking to engage her to betray the interests of her husband; but in which he was deceived

set: Daniel 11:19; 2 Kings 12:17; 2 Chronicles 20:3; Proverbs 19:21; Ezekiel 4:3, Ezekiel 4:7, Ezekiel 25:2; Luke 9:51

upright ones: or, much uprightness, or, equal conditions, corrupting. Heb. to corrupt. neither. Daniel 9:26; Psalms 56:9; Ezekiel 17:17; Matthew 12:30; Luke 11:23; Romans 8:31

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