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Daniel 11:25-29 "And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him. {26} Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain. {27} And both these kings’ hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table; but it shall not prosper: for yet the end shall be at the time appointed. {28} Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits, and return to his own land. {29} At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter." (The Silent Storm?) Verses 25, 26 refer back to the war with Ptolemy VI, prophesying that Ptolemy VI would be defeated by 'devices' [plans] from within the ranks of his army. After the defeat of Ptolemy VI, Ptolemy VII took control of Egypt. Two other kings, Antiochus IV and Ptolemy VI, would meet to plan Ptolemy VI's restoration to the throne, but the plan eventually failed. Antiochus IV, the king of the north also being the vile person, having plundered Egypt, would return to his land with his 'heart against the holy covenant'. On his way home, Antiochus IV attacked Israel killing some eighty thousand Jewish men, women and children along with Edomites (proselytes) who had joined themselves with the Jews and also he would plunder the holy temple which all occurred in 169BC. Antiochus IV launched another attack against Egypt, but the ships of 'Chittim', Rome, led by Gaius Popilius Laenas would cause him to withdraw in humiliation. Antiochus IV would again attack Israel in 167BC on returning to Syria, this time desecrating the sanctuary in Jerusalem. Antiochus IV would fulfill the prophesy by abolishing the daily sacrifice in Daniel 9:27, 12:11 and committing the abomination of desolation. We know that first comes natural then spiritual so in the last days the abomination of desolation will be the Temple made without hands, the hearts of men. The 'holy covenant' in the New Testament is the Gospels of Jesus Christ, so the Son of Perdition will conflict with and combat against, the Christians.