Daniel 11:2-20

2And now I will tell you the 1truth. Behold, three more kings are going to arise 2in Persia. Then a fourth will gain far more riches than all of them; as soon as he becomes strong through his riches, 3he will arouse the whole empire against the realm of 45Greece. 3And a 6mighty king will arise, and he will rule with great authority and 7do as he pleases. 4But as soon as he has arisen, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out 8toward the 9four 10points of the compass, though not to his own descendants, nor according to his authority which he wielded, for his sovereignty will be 11uprooted and given to others besides 12them.

5“Then the 13king of the South will grow strong, 14along with one of his princes 15who will gain ascendancy over him and obtain dominion; his domain will be a great dominion indeed. 6After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will come to the 16king of the North to carry out 17a peaceful arrangement. But she will not retain her 18position of power, nor will he remain with his 19power, but she will be given up, along with those who brought her in and the one who sired her as well as he who supported her in those times. 7But one of the 20descendants of her line will arise in his place, and he will come against their army and enter the 21fortress of the king of the North, and he will deal with them and display great strength. 8Also their 22gods with their 23metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold he will take into captivity to Egypt, and he on his part will 24refrain from attacking the king of the North for some years. 9Then 25the latter will enter the realm of the king of the South, but will return to his own land.

10“His sons will 26mobilize and assemble a multitude of great forces; and one of them will keep on coming and 27overflow and pass through, that he may 28again wage war up to his very fortress. 11The 29king of the South will be enraged and go forth and fight 30with the king of the North. Then the latter will raise a great multitude, but that multitude will be given into 31the hand of the former. 12When the multitude is carried away, his heart will be lifted up, and he will cause tens of thousands to fall; yet he will not prevail. 13For the king of the North will again raise a greater multitude than the former, and 32after an 33interval of some years he will 34press on with a great army and much equipment.

14“Now in those times many will rise up against the king of the South; the violent ones among your people will also lift themselves up in order to fulfill the vision, but they will 35fall down. 15Then the king of the North will come, cast up a 36siege ramp and capture a well-fortified city; and the forces of the South will not stand their ground, not even 37their choicest troops, for there will be no strength to make a stand. 16But he who comes against him will 38do as he pleases, and 39no one will be able to withstand him; he will also stay for a time in the 4041Beautiful Land, with destruction in his hand. 17He will 42set his face to come with the power of his whole kingdom, 43bringing with him 44a proposal of peace which he will put into effect; he will also give him the daughter of women to ruin it. But she will not take a stand for him or be 45on his side. 18Then he will turn his face to the 46coastlands and capture many. But a commander will put a stop to his scorn against him; moreover, he will 47repay him for his scorn. 19So he will turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will 48stumble and fall and be 49found no more.

20“Then in his place one will arise who will 50send an 51oppressor through the 52Jewel of his kingdom; yet within a few days he will be shattered, though not in anger nor in battle.