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1 Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, [even] I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
2 And now will I show you the truth. Behold, there will stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth will be far richer than [they] all: and by his strength through his riches he will stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
3 And a mighty king will stand up, that will rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
4 And when he will stand up, his kingdom will be broken, and will be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom will be plucked up, even for others beside those.
5 And the king of the south will be strong, and [one] of his princes; and he will be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion [will be] a great dominion.
6 And in the end of years they will join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south will come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she will not retain the power of the arm; neither will he stand, nor his arm: but she will be given up, and they that brought her, and he that had her, and he that strengthened her in [these] times.
7 But out of a branch of her roots will [one] stand up in his estate, which will come with an army, and will enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and will deal against them, and will prevail:
8 And will also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, [and] with their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he will continue [more] years than the king of the north.
9 So the king of the south will come into [his] kingdom, and will return into his own land.
10 But his sons will be stirred up, and will assemble a multitude of great forces: and [one] will certainly come, and overflow, and pass through: then will he return, and be stirred up, [even] to his fortress.
11 And the king of the south will be moved with rage, and will come forth and fight with him, [even] with the king of the north: and he will set forth a great multitude; but the multitude will be given into his hand.
12 [And] when he has taken away the multitude, his heart will be lifted up; and he will cast down [many] ten thousands: but he will not be strengthened [by it].
13 For the king of the north will return, and will set forth a multitude greater than the former, and will certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches.
14 And in those times there will many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of your people will exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they will fall.
15 So the king of the north will come, and cast up a mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south will not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither [will there be any] strength to withstand.
16 But he that comes against him will do according to his own will, and none will stand before him: and he will stand in the glorious land, which by his hand will be consumed.
17 He will also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus will he do: and he will give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she will not stand [on his side], neither be for him.
18 After this will he turn his face to the isles, and will take many: but a prince for his own behalf will cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he will cause [it] to turn upon him.
19 Then he will turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but he will stumble and fall, and not be found.
20 Then will stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes [in] the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he will be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.
21 And in his estate will stand up a vile person, to whom they will not give the honor of the kingdom: but he will come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
22 And with the arms of a flood will they be overflown from before him, and will be broken; yes, also the prince of the covenant.
23 And after the league [made] with him he will work deceitfully: for he will come up, and will become strong with a small people.
24 He will enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the province; and he will do [that] which his fathers have not done, nor his fathers' fathers; he will scatter among them the prey, and spoil, and riches: [yes], and he will forecast his devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
25 And he will stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south will be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he will not stand: for they will forecast devices against him.
26 Yes, they that feed of the portion of his meat will destroy him, and his army will overflow: and many will fall down slain.
27 And both these kings' hearts [will be] to do mischief, and they will speak lies at one table; but it will not prosper: for yet the end [will be] at the time appointed.
28 Then will he return into his land with great riches; and his heart [will be] against the holy covenant; and he will do [exploits], and return to his own land.
29 At the time appointed he will return, and come toward the south; but it will not be as the former, or as the latter.
30 For the ships of Chittim will come against him: therefore he will be grieved, and return, and have indignation against the holy covenant: so will he do; he will even return, and have intelligence with them that forsake the holy covenant.
31 And arms will stand on his part, and they will pollute the sanctuary of strength, and will take away the daily [sacrifice], and they will place the abomination that makes desolate.
32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant will he corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God will be strong, and do [exploits].
33 And they that understand among the people will instruct many: yet they will fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, [many] days.
34 Now when they will fall, they will be helped with a little help: but many will cleave to them with flatteries.
35 And [some] of them of understanding will fall, to try them, and to purge, and to make [them] white, [even] to the time of the end: because [it is] yet for a time appointed.
36 And the king will do according to his will; and he will exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and will speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and will prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined will be done.
37 Neither will he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he will magnify himself above all.
38 But in his estate will he honor the God of forces: and a god whom his fathers knew not will he honor with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
39 Thus will he do in the most strongholds with a strange god, whom he will acknowledge [and] increase with glory: and he will cause them to rule over many, and will divide the land for gain.
40 And at the time of the end will the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north will come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he will enter into the countries, and will overflow and pass over.
41 He will enter also into the glorious land, and many [countries] will be overthrown: but these will escape out of his hand, [even] Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon.
42 He will stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the land of Egypt will not escape.
43 But he will have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt: and the Libyans and the Ethiopians [will be] at his steps.
44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north will trouble him: therefore he will go forth with great fury to destroy, and utterly to make away many.
45 And he will plant the tabernacles of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he will come to his end, and none will help him.