And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come to his end, and none shall help him.
Ver. 45. And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace,] i.e., He shall pitch his tent-royal (in token of full power given to his captains Lysias and the rest) in Emmaus, near to Jerusalem, to keep the Jews in subjection. 1Ma 3:40 ; 1Ma 4:3
Between the seas.] The Dead Sea and the Medditerranean Sea, which are the bounds of Judea, called here the glorious holy mountain. a
Yet he shall come to his end.] A loathsome and lamentable one. See 1Ma 6:8 2Ma 9:5-12 not so much because he would have spoiled the temple of Diana, but because he did spoil the temple at Jerusalem.
a Polyb.; Joseph., lib. xii. cap. 12.