Daniel 11:28

Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land. THEN SHALL HE RETURN INTO HIS LAND WITH GREAT RICHES. For the fulfillment of the prophecy, compare 1Ma 1:19-20 , etc.: 'Thus he got the strong cities of Egypt, and he took the spoils thereof. And after that Antiochus had smitten Egypt he returned again in the 143rd year, and went up against Israel and Jerusalem with a great multitude; and entered proudly into the sanctuary, and took away the golden altar, and the candlestick of light, and all the vessels, etc.; and when he had taken all away he went into his own land, having made a great massacre and spoken very proudly.' AND HIS HEART SHALL BE AGAINST THE HOLY COVENANT. On his way back to Syria he attacked Jerusalem, the metropolis of Yahweh's covenant-people, slew 80,000, and...

Here the angel predicts the calamitous nature of that peace for the people of God, because Antiochus should turn his arms against Jerusalem and the whole Jewish people. It is said, _He shall return to his own land, _because he shall not possess Egypt. This return implies the victory of Antiochus, and yet his betaking himself within the boundaries of his own realm. When he adds, with great pomp, or _great riches, _he shews the source _whence _that wealth should be _derived, _— _his heart should be against the holy covenant. _He partially destroyed Jerusalem and the temple of God. He was compelled to leave the temple and many treasures, through either shame, or reverence, or a miracle, as we read in the 2nd Book of Maccabees (2 Maccabees 5:2.) He would willingly have stripped the whole temple, but God then restrained him, while he had gathered for himself great wealth. Hence the angel join...

1-30 The angel shows Daniel the succession of the Persian and Grecian empires. The kings of Egypt and Syria are noticed: Judea was between their dominions, and affected by their contests. From ver. Daniel 11:5, is generally considered to relate to the events which came to pass during the continuance of these governments; and from ver. Daniel 11:21, to relate to Antiochus Epiphanes, who was a cruel and violent persecutor of the Jews. See what decaying, perishing things worldly pomp and possessions are, and the power by which they are gotten. God, in his providence, sets up one, and pulls down another, as he pleases. This world is full of wars and fightings, which come from men's lusts. All changes and revolutions of states and kingdoms, and every event, are plainly and perfectly foreseen by God. No word of God sha...

Verse 28. _THEN SHALL HE RETURN ONTO HIS LAND WITH GREAT RICHES_] Antiochus did return, laden with riches, from the spoils that he took in Egypt; see _1Macc 1:19, 20_. And hearing that there had been a report of his death, at which the citizens of Jerusalem had made great rejoicings,- _HIS HEART_ SHALL BE _AGAINST THE HOLY COVENANT_] He was determined to take a severe revenge, and he had an ostensible pretext for it, for Jason, who had been deprived of the high priesthood, hearing the report of the death of Antiochus, raised forces, marched against Jerusalem, took it, and obliged Menelaus, the high priest, to shut himself up in the castle. Antiochus brought a great army against Jerusalem; took it by storm; slew _forty thousand_ of the inhabitants; sold as many more for _slaves_; boiled swine's flesh, and sprinkled the temple and the altar with the broth; broke into the holy of holies;...

THEN SHALL HE RETURN INTO HIS LAND WITH GREAT RICHES - Enriched with the spoils of Egypt. Having taken Memphis, and the fairest portions of Egypt, he would, of course, carry great wealth to his own country on his return. Thus it is said in 1 Macc. 1:19: “Thus they got the strong cities in the land of Egypt, and he took the spoils thereof.” The meaning here is, that he would “set out” to return to his own land. As a matter of fact, on his way he would pause to bring desolation on Jerusalem, as is intimated in the subsequent part of the verse. AND HIS HEART SHALL BE AGAINST THE HOLY COVENANT - The words “holy covenant” are a technical expression to denote the Jewish institutions. The Hebrew people were called the “covenant people,” as being a people with whom God had entered into covenant. All their privileges were regarded as the result of that covenant, and hence, the word came to be app...

EXPOSITION DANIEL 11:1 THE KINGS OF THE NORTH AND THE KINGS OF THE SOUTH. DANIEL 11:1 ALSO I IN THE FIRST YEAR OF DARIUS THE MEDE, EVEN I, STOOD TO CONFIRM AND TO STRENGTHEN HIM. The versions show signs of great disturbance having happened here. The rendering of the LXX. is, "In the first year of Cyrus the king, he told me to be strong and to play the man." Theodotion's rendering is yet briefer, "And I, in the first year of Cyrus, stood in strength and might." The Peshitta rendering, "In the first year of Darius the Mede (he)

THEN SHALL HE RETURN INTO HIS LAND WITH GREAT RICHES,.... That is, Antiochus, with the spoils of Egypt, and the gifts and presents he had received there; so the author of the first book of Maccabees says, "20 And after that Antiochus had smitten Egypt, he returned again in the hundred forty and third year, and went up against Israel and Jerusalem with a great multitude, 21 And entered proudly into the sanctuary, and took away the golden altar, and the candlestick of light, and all the vessels thereof,'' (1 Maccabees 1) that is, of the era of the Selucidae, and the fifth or sixth year of his reign: AND HIS HEART SHALL BE AGAINST THE HOLY COVENANT; not the covenant he had made with Ptolemy, which was a fraudulent one; but the covenant between God and the Jews; whereby they became a distinct and peculiar people, having a religion, laws, and ordinances, different from all others; for whic...

CHAPTER 11 THE WARS OF THE PTOLEMIES AND SELEUCIDAE PREDICTED THE COMING EVENTS OF THE END _ 1. The wars of the Ptolemies and Seleucidae (Daniel 11:1)_ 2. The time of the end and the man of sin (Daniel 11:36) Daniel 11:1. Here we have history pre-written and the greater part of this chapter (Daniel 11:2) is fulfilled historically. So accurate are these predictions and their subsequent fulfillment that the enemies of “the Scripture of truth” have declared that it could never have been written by Daniel several hundred years before these persons came into existence and fought their battles. The pagan Porphyry in t

DANIEL 11:28. On his return from his first Egyptian campaign Antiochus attacked Palestine. THE HOLY COVENANT: the Jewish religion....

HIS HEART, &C Showing when the purpose of breaking the covenant was plotted. DO EXPLOITS. act effectively, or accomplish [the purpose of his heart]....