John Gill Commentary Daniel 11:29

"At the time appointed he shall return, and come into the south; but it shall not be in the latter time as it was in the former." — Daniel 11:29 (ASV)

At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the
south
At the time appointed of God, he should return from Syria again to Egypt; which was his third expedition thither, and was occasioned by the Alexandrians setting up the brother of Ptolemy Philometor for king; wherefore he hastened to Egypt with a large army, under a pretence of restoring the deposed king; but in reality to seize the kingdom for himself ^F25 :

but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter ;
this expedition should not succeed so well as the two former, as it did not; he could not carry his point, neither subdue Egypt, nor get any of the two brothers into his hands, as he had done before; the reason of which follows:

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FOOTNOTES:

• F25: See the Universal History, vol. 9. p. 282, 409.