But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces - probably Jupiter Capitolinus, to whom Antiochus began to erect a temple at Antioch (Livy, 41: 20). Translate, 'He shall honour the god of fortresses on his basis' - i:e., the base of the statue. Newton translates, 'And the god Mahuzzim х maa`uziym (H4581)] (guardians - i:e., saints adored as 'protectors' in the Greek and Roman churches) shall be honour.'
And a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold ... - cf. Revelation 17:4 as to the gold and precious stones of the whore (the apostate church) who rideth on the beast (Antichrist, the antitype of Antiochus), of which wealth she is afterward stripped by the beast, Antichrist (Revelation 17:16), who arrays himself and the image of the beast in her meretricious finery (Revelation 13:12-18).