plant. spread out.
tabernacles, &c. = palatial tent.
come to his end. This could not be said of Antiochus, for he died at Tabae, in Persia. "The wilful king" comes to his end in Judea, between Jerusalem and the Mediterranean Sea.
and none shall help him. For he is smitten by God Himself. See Isaiah 11:4.Zechariah 12 and Zechariah 14; 2 Thessalonians 2:8; Revelation 19:20. The grave does not receive him (for Isaiah 14:19 is only. comparison "like"), and he is not joined with them in burial. He is cast into the lake of fire.