2 And now I will show you the truth. Behold, three more kings shall stand in Persia, and the fourth shall be far richer than all of them: and by his strength, through his riches, he shall stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.
3 And a mighty king shall stand up, who shall rule with great dominion and do according to his will.
4 And when he stands up, his kingdom shall be broken and divided toward the four winds of heaven; not to his descendants, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: for his kingdom shall be uprooted, even for others besides them.
5 And the king of the south shall be strong, also one of his princes; and he shall be stronger than him and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.
6 And at the end of some years, they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of her authority; neither shall he stand, nor his authority: but she shall be given up, along with those who brought her, and he who fathered her, and he who strengthened her in these times.
7 But out of a branch of her roots, one shall stand in his place, who shall come with an army, enter the fortress of the king of the north, and deal against them, and shall prevail:
8 And shall also carry captive into Egypt their gods, with their princes and their precious vessels of silver and of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north.
9 So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom and shall return to his own land.
10 But his sons shall be stirred up and shall assemble a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come and overflow, and pass through: then shall he return and be stirred up, even to his fortress.
11 And the king of the south shall be moved with anger, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.
12 And when he has taken away the multitude, his heart shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands: but he shall not be strengthened by it.
13 For the king of the north shall return and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches.
14 And in those times many shall stand up against the king of the south: also the violent ones among your people shall lift themselves up to fulfill the vision; but they shall fall.
15 So the king of the north shall come, and build a siege mound, and take the fortified city: and the forces of the south shall not withstand him, neither his chosen people, nor shall there be any strength to withstand.
16 But he who comes against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.
17 He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her: but she shall not stand on his side, nor be for him.
18 After this, he shall turn his face to the coastlands and shall take many: but a ruler for his own behalf shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach, he shall cause it to turn upon him.
19 Then he shall turn his face toward the fortress of his own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
20 Then in his place shall stand a collector of taxes in the glory of the kingdom: but within a few days, he shall be destroyed, neither in anger nor in battle.
21 And in his place shall stand a despicable person, to whom they shall not give the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
22 And with the force of a flood, they shall be swept away from before him, and shall be broken; also the prince of the covenant.
23 And after the agreement made with him, he shall work deceitfully: for he shall come up and shall become strong with a small number of people.