Deut 33:17, נגח (Piel) alone in Ps 44:6,383 the idea of “breaking” in Num 24:8, the “treading” on enemies in Hab 3:19, both together in Ps 18:39 || 2 Sam 22:39 (cf. Ps 47:4; 58:11; Mal 3:21). There is, as has been seen in the preceding sections, no encrypted reference to a particular ruler, but the generic pattern of a struggle in the supernatural world assumes central notions of kingship. But again, these allusions to royal typology in Daniel 8 are complemented by a demoniac notion, namely the