the king of the north his sons are going to be stirred up and they're going to assemble a multitude of great forces the sons of the king that was conquered and lost the booty that was carried back into egypt they're stirred up to retaliate against egypt the king of the south uh... and it's in the plural but if you notice by the end of the verse it's in the singular it says but his sons shall be stirred up and shall assemble a multitude of great forces and one shall certainly come and overflow and pass through then he shall return and be stirred up even to his fortress and history says that there was two sons of the king of the north at that time and the one was inept and he was the one that began the the preparation for war but his generals were so frustrated with with his abilities that they poisoned him and the second son takes up the task and he builds a mighty army and he comes into uh... to return back into the king of the south and respond to what they've done and then in verse eleven we see the king of the south be moved with cholera with anger and shall come forth and fight with him even the king of the north and he shall set forth a great multitude but the multitude shall be given into his hand and when he had taken verse twelve and when he had taken away the multitude his heart shall be lifted up and he shall cast down many ten thousands but he shall not be strengthened by it now the king of the north uh... brings a great multitude the king of the south angry at the situation in verse eleven should come and fight against him and he prevails against the king of the north and uh... even though the king of the north had a great army it's still given into the hand of the king of the south he prevails and uh... the story of of him casting down the many ten thousands uh... is worth considering because it does uh... impact uh... our understanding of how god was uh... still controlling and working with these kings uh... in this is from uh... the historian perot the title is connection under the chapters connection under the two hundred seventeen time period uh... king of the south that uh... had marched in it in these verses in verses eleven and twelve into the king of the north and retaliate one defeated their great multitude will take up the historians information about him at this point it says philip ader that was his name was a fellow of abandoned less than dissipation he was so elated with his victory over and taikos that he held