Daniel 11:28

Then And. A chronological sequence is not expressed in the Heb.; and is perhaps (see the beginning of the last note) not intended by the writer.

he shall return to his own land in 170, at the close of his -first" Egyptian campaign, in whatever sense this may be understood (see on Daniel 11:27). The clause anticipates what really took place only after what is described in the two following clauses; and hence, it is repeated, in its proper place, at the end of the verse.

with great substance] the -spoils of Egypt" (1Ma 1:19): the word, as Daniel 11:13; Daniel 11:24. Cf. the allusion in Orac. Sib.iii. 614 5.

against the holy covenant alluding to Antiochus" hostile visit to Jerusalem, in which he -entered presumptuously into the sanctuary," and carried away the golden vessels, and other treasures, belonging to the Temple, besides massacring many of the Jews (1Ma 1:20-24).

and he shall do] in the pregnant sense explained on Daniel 8:12: R.V. - do(his pleasure)."

and return to his own land 1Ma 1:24; 2Ma 5:21.