1. “As for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.
2. Now will I show you the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all: and when he has grown strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece.
3. A mighty king shall stand up, who shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
4. When he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of the sky, but not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion with which he ruled; for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others besides these.