21. And a vile person shall succeed in his place, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: nevertheless he shall come in with peace and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
22. And with the arms they shall be overflown of a flood before him and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the covenant.
23. And after the union made with him he shall work deceit and shall rise and shall overcome with few people.
24. With the province in peace and in abundance, he shall enter and do that which his fathers have never done, nor his fathers’ fathers; he shall distribute prey and spoil and riches to his soldiers; and against the fortresses he shall forecast his devices, even for a time.
25. And he shall stir up his forces and his heart against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall move to the war with a great and mighty army, but he shall not prevail, for they shall betray him.
26. Even those that ate his bread shall break him, and his army shall be destroyed; and many shall fall down slain.
27. And the heart of both these kings shall be to do evil, and at the same table they shall speak lies; but it shall not prosper, for the time appointed is not yet come.
28. Then he shall return into his land with great riches; and his heart shall be against the holy covenant; and he shall do exploits and return to his own land.
29. At the time appointed he shall turn toward the south, but the latter coming shall not be as the former.
30. For the ships of Chittim shall come against him; therefore he shall be grieved and return and have indignation against the holy covenant: so shall he do; he shall even return and have an understanding with those that have forsaken the holy covenant.
31. And arms shall be placed on his behalf, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that makes desolate.
32. And with flatteries he shall cause to sin those that violate the covenant, but the people that do know their God shall be strong, and do exploits.
33. And the wise among the people shall give wisdom to many, yet they shall fall by the sword, and by fire, by captivity, and by spoil, for some days.
34. And in their fall, they shall be helped with a little help, but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
35. And some of the wise shall fall to be purged and cleaned and made white, even to the time of the end because even for this there is time appointed.
36. And the king shall do according to his will, and he shall exalt himself and magnify himself above every god and shall speak marvels against the God of gods and shall prosper until the indignation is accomplished, for the determination has been made.
37. Neither shall he care for the God of his fathers, nor the love of women, nor care for any god, for he shall magnify himself above all.
38. But in his place shall he honour the god of fortresses, {Ala Mahozim}, a god whom his fathers did not know; he shall honour it with gold and silver and precious stones and with things of great price.
39. And with the people of the strange god that he shall know, he shall make strong fortresses, increase their glory; and cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the land for gain.