And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people.
And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully. Tregelles notes three divisions in the history of the "vile person," which is continued to the end of the chapter:
(1) His rise (Daniel 11:21-22);
(2) The time from his making the covenant to the taking away of the daily sacrifice and setting up of the abomination of desolation (Daniel 11:23-31);
(3) His career of blasphemy, to his destruction (Daniel 11:32-45); the latter two periods answering to the "one week" of years of his "covenant confirmed with many" (namely, in Israel) (Daniel 9:27), and the last being the closing half week of Daniel 9:1-27.
But the context so accurately agrees with the relations of Antiochus to Ptolemy that the primary reference at least seems to be to the "league" between them. Antitypically, Antichrist's relations toward Israel are probably delineated. Compare Daniel 8:11; Daniel 8:25 with Daniel 11:22 here, "the prince of the covenant;" (Ptolemy Philometor in covenant with Antiochus, but afterward assailed by Antiochus, being herein a type of Messiah, the Prince and Messenger of the covenant and Lord of Israel, into covenant with whom Antichrist shall first enter, and then shall set himself up against both Israel and Israel's God).
Work deceitfully - feigning friendship to young Ptolemy, as if he wished to order his kingdom for him, he took possession of Memphis, and all Egypt ("the fattest places," Daniel 11:24) as far as Alexandria.
For he shall come up, and shall become strong with a small people - at first, to throw off suspicion, his forces were small.