Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.
Then shall stand up in his estate - in Antiochus' stead: his successor, Seleucus Philopator, his son.
A raiser of taxes in the glory of the kingdom - i:e., inheriting it by hereditary right. Maurer translates, 'one who shall cause the tax-gatherer (Heliodorus) to pass through the glory of the kingdom' - i:e., through Judea, "the glorious land" (Daniel 11:16; Daniel 11:41; Daniel 8:9). Simon, a Benjamite, in spite against Onias III, the high priest, gave information of the treasures in the Jewish temple; and Seleucus having re-united to Syria Coelo-Syria and Palestine, the dowry formerly given by Antiochus the Great to Cleopatra, Ptolemy's wife, sent Heliodorus to Jerusalem to plunder the temple. This is narrated, Malachi 3:4 Malachi 3:4, etc. In contrast to this, it is foretold in Zechariah 9:8, "No oppressor shall pass through them anymore."
But within few days he shall be destroyed - after a reign of twelve years, which were "few" compared with the 37 years of Antiochus' reign. Heliodorus, the instrument of Seleucus' sacrilege, was made by God the instrument of his punishment. Seeking the crown, in the absence at Rome of Seleucus' only son and heir, Demetrius, he poisoned Seleucus. But Antiochus Epiphanes, Seleucus' brother, by the help of Eumenes king of Pergamus, succeeded to the throne, 175 BC
Neither in anger, nor in battle - not in a popular outbreak, nor in open battle.