Chitim shall come against him] Namely, the Romanes, called by the King of Egypt to aid him, who shall come by sea, from the ports of Grecia, called the countrey of Chittim, Numbers 24:24. Or out of Italy and Cilicia: commanding Antiochus by expresse Ambassage that he leave Egypt in peace, which he will doe with a very ill will, and then will he vent his fury upon the Jews. he shall even return] About two yeares after, 1Ma 1:29. 2Ma 5:24. and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant] With the Jews which shall forsake the covenant of the Lord: for first he was called against the Jews by Jason the high priest, 2 Mac. 1. 7. and 4. 7. and this second time by Menelaus, 2Ma 4:23.