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And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven, 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.

And at the end of years they shall join themselves together; and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the strength of her arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm; but she shall be given up, and those that brought her, and he that begot her, and he that strengthened her in those times.

But out of a shoot from her roots shall one stand up in his place, who shall come to the army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail.

And he shall come into the realm of the king of the south, but he shall return into his own land.

And the multitude shall be lifted up, and his heart shall be exalted; and he shall cast down tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail.

And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the sons of the violent among your people shall lift themselves up to establish the vision; but they shall fall.

But he that comes against him shall do according to his own will, and none shall stand before him; and he shall stand in the glorious land, and in his hand shall be destruction.

And he shall set his face to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and he had equitable conditions, and performed them: and he shall give him the daughter of women, to corrupt her; but she shall not stand, neither be for him.

After this he shall turn his face to the isles, and shall take many: but a prince shall cause the reproach offered by him to cease; moreover, he shall cause his reproach to turn on him.

Then he shall turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land; but he shall stumble and fall, and shall not be found.

Then in his place one shall stand up that shall cause an exactor to pass through the glory of the kingdom; but within few days he shall be destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.

And in his place shall stand up a contemptible person, to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come in time of security, and shall obtain the kingdom by flatteries.

And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall war in battle with an exceeding great and mighty army; but he shall not stand; for they shall devise devices against him.

And as for both these kings, their hearts shall be to do mischief, and they shall speak lies at one table: but it shall not prosper; for yet the end shall be at the time appointed.

At the time appointed he shall return, and come into the south; but it shall not be in the latter time as it was in the former.

And such as do wickedly against the covenant he shall pervert by flatteries; but the people that know their God shall be strong, and do [exploits].

Now when they shall fall, they shall be helped with a little help; but many shall join themselves to them with flatteries.

But in his place he shall honor the god of fortresses; and a god whom his fathers did not know he shall honor with gold, and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.

He shall enter also into the glorious land, and tens of thousands shall be overthrown; but these shall be delivered out of his hand: Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the sons of Ammon.

But he shall have power over the treasures of gold and of silver, and over all the precious things of Egypt; and the Libyans and the Ethiopians shall be at his steps.