Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land—The strong fortifications of his own land—for the Hebrew word is in the plural…

The fort.— The king of the north is forced to take refuge in his fortresses, and here meets with his end. This is interpreted as t…

Here, either the ignominious end of Antiochus is indicated, who was killed in a popular uprising while plundering the temple of Belus, or else the …

Then he shall turn his face towards the fort of his own land ,
&c.] After his defeat he fled with a few to Sardis, a…

The angel shows Daniel the succession of the Persian and Grecian empires. The kings of Egypt and Syria are mentioned; Judea was between their domin…