Daniel 11:38

But in his place he will honour the god of strongholds] it is not certain who is meant by the -god of strongholds": possibly the reference is to some deity (? Mars) of whose worship by Antiochus we have no other notice; more probably, however, the name is simply an alternative designation of Jupiter Capitolinus.

and a god whom, &c. No doubt, Zeus or Jupiter (cf. on Daniel 11:37). It is true, the first three Seleucidae, as their coins testify, recognized Zeus Olympios, not, as Behrmann (misunderstanding a sentence of G. Hoffmann, Einige Phön. Inschr., p. 29) states, Zeus Polieus, as their patron; but Zeus was not, of course, a native Syrian deity.

pleasant things better, costly things: lit. things desired. Cf. on Daniel 11:8 (-precious" cannot be used here; as the word is needed for yěḳârâh, in -precious stones").