in the end of years. In Daniel 11:13 this is rendered "after certain years", said to be sixty-three. Compare 2 Chronicles 18:2, and Daniel 11:8 below.
join: i.e. in league.
the king's daughter. Berenice, daughter of Ptolemy II (Philadelphus) of Egypt.
the king of the north. Antiochus.
north. With reference to Judea.
make an agreement. do upright things: i.e. to come to terms upon what is equitable between the parties. Here it included her marriage with Antiochus, who divorced his wife (Laodice) and disinherited her son (Seleucus Callinious).
given. delivered.
times: or, vicissitudes.