1 Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to
2 And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up
3 And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great
4 And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and
5 And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his
6 And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for
7 But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in his
9 So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall
10 But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble a multitude
11 And the king of the south shall be moved with choler, and shall
12 And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart shall be
13 For the king of the north shall return, and shall set forth a
14 And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of
15 So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a mount, and
16 But he that cometh against him shall do according to his own
17 He shall also set his face to enter with the strength of his
18 After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and shall take
19 Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his own land: but
20 Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes in the glory
21 And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they
22 And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown from before
23 And after the league made with him he shall work deceitfully:
24 He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places of the
25 And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king
26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy
27 And both of these kings’ hearts shall be to do mischief, and
28 Then shall he return into his land with great riches; and his
29 At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the
30 For the ships of Chittim shall come against him: therefore he
31 And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the
32 And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he corrupt by
33 And they that understand among the people shall instruct many:
34 Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a little
35 And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try them, and
36 And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt
37 Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor the desire
38 But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces: and a god
39 Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a strange god,
40 And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at
41 He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many countries
42 He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the countries: and the
43 But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of
44 But tidings out of the east and out of the north shall trouble
45 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace between the