Charles Ellicott Commentary Daniel 11:44

"But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble him; and he shall go forth with great fury to destroy and utterly to sweep away many." — Daniel 11:44 (ASV)

He shall go forth. —The end of the northern king. While in Egypt he receives bad news from the north and from the east, which stirs up feelings of revenge. Once again he halts in Palestine, where he comes to an end.

That this cannot apply to Antiochus is evident from the following facts:

1. Antiochus was in Persia when the news of the defeat of Lysias reached him.
2. Judea and Jerusalem cannot in any sense be regarded as either east or north of Persia.
3. Antiochus died in Persia, and not near Jerusalem.