have power lit. rule. He will secure great treasure from Egypt: cf. (in 170 or 169) 1Ma 1:19.

and the Libyans and the Ethiopians(shall be) at his steps i.e. will follow in his train. The Libyans, on the W. of Egypt, and the Kushites (or Ethiopians) on the South, are both mentioned either as helping the Egyptians, or as serving in their army, in Nahum 3:9, the Ethiopians also in Jeremiah 46:9 (cf. Ezekiel 30:4-5). Here they are represented as joining the army of the conqueror.

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