²⁹ “At the ·right [appointed] time ·the king of the North [^Lhe] will attack the king of the South again, but this time ·he will not be successful as he was before [^Lit will not be as before]. ³⁰ Ships from ·the west [^LKittim; ^CRome, which made Antiochus stand down from his attack on the South] will come and fight against ·the king of the North [^Lhim], so he will be ·afraid [startled; or dismayed]. Then he will return and show his anger against the holy ·agreement [covenant; treaty]. He will be good to those who have ·stopped obeying [^Labandoned; forsaken] the holy ·agreement [covenant; treaty; ^Cthe pro-Antiochus party among the Jewish people].

³¹ “·The king of the North will send his army [^LForces from him will arise] to ·make the Temple in Jerusalem unclean [^Lprofane the Holy Place and fortress]. They will ·stop the people from offering [^Lturn aside] the ·daily [regular] sacrifice [8:12], and then they will set up a ·blasphemous object that brings destruction [^Labomination of desolation; ^Ca pagan object, perhaps a meteorite dedicated to Zeus, would be placed in the holy place; Matt. 24:15; Mark 13:14; also 1 Maccabees 1:44–47, 54 in the Apocrypha].