Bible, King James Version
Daniel
Dan.11
[1] Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I,
stood to confirm and to strengthen him.
[2] And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there
shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be
far richer than they all: and by his strength through his riches
he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
[3] And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with
great dominion, and do according to his will.
[4] And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be
broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and
not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he
ruled: for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others
beside those.
[5] And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of
his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion;
his dominion shall be a great dominion.
[6] And in the end of years they shall join themselves
together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the
king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain
the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but
she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that
begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.
[7] But out of a branch of her roots shall one stand up in
his estate, which shall come with an army, and shall enter into
the fortress of the king of the north, and shall deal against
them, and shall prevail:
[8] And shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods,
with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and
of gold; and he shall continue more years than the king of the
north.
[9] So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom,
and shall return into his own land.
[10] But his sons shall be stirred up, and shall assemble
a multitude of great forces: and one shall certainly come, and
overflow, and pass through: then shall he return, and be stirred
up, even to his fortress.
[11] And the king of the south shall be moved with choler,
and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of
the north: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the
multitude shall be given into his hand.
[12] And when he hath taken away the multitude, his heart
shall be lifted up; and he shall cast down many ten thousands:
but he shall not be strengthened by it.
[13] For the king of the north shall return, and shall set
forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly
come after certain years with a great army and with much
riches.
[14] And in those times there shall many stand up against
the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt
themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.
[15] So the king of the north shall come, and cast up a
mount, and take the most fenced cities: and the arms of the south
shall not withstand, neither his chosen people, neither shall
there be any strength to withstand.
[16] But he that cometh against him shall do according to
his own will, and none shall stand before him: and he shall stand
in the glorious land, which by his hand shall be consumed.
[17] He shall also set his face to enter with the strength
of his whole kingdom, and upright ones with him; thus shall he
do: and he shall give him the daughter of women, corrupting her:
but she shall not stand on his side, neither be for him.
[18] After this shall he turn his face unto the isles, and
shall take many: but a prince for his own behalf shall cause the
reproach offered by him to cease; without his own reproach he
shall cause it to turn upon him.
[19] Then he shall turn his face toward the fort of his
own land: but he shall stumble and fall, and not be found.
[20] Then shall stand up in his estate a raiser of taxes
in the glory of the kingdom: but within few days he shall be
destroyed, neither in anger, nor in battle.
[21] And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to
whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall
come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
[22] And with the arms of a flood shall they be overflown
from before him, and shall be broken; yea, also the prince of the
covenant.
[23] And after the league made with him he shall work
deceitfully: for he shall come up, and shall become strong with a
small people.
[24] He shall enter peaceably even upon the fattest places
of the province; and he shall do that which his fathers have not
done, nor his fathers' fathers; he shall scatter among them the
prey, and spoil, and riches: yea, and he shall forecast his
devices against the strong holds, even for a time.
[25] 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 be stirred up to battle with a very great and
mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast
devices against him.
[26] Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall
destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall
down slain.
[27] And both these kings' 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.
[28] Then shall he 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 return, and come
toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the
latter.
[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 intelligence with them that forsake the holy
covenant.
[31] And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall
pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily
sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh
desolate.
[32] And such as do wickedly against the covenant shall he
corrupt by flatteries: but the people that do know their God
shall be strong, and do exploits.
[33] And they that understand among the people shall
instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by
captivity, and by spoil, many days.
[34] Now when they shall fall, they shall be holpen with a
little help: but many shall cleave to them with flatteries.
[35] And some of them of understanding shall fall, to try
them, and to purge, and to make them white, even to the time of
the end: because it is yet for a 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 marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall
prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is
determined shall be done.
[37] Neither shall he regard the God of his fathers, nor
the desire of women, nor regard any god: for he shall magnify
himself above all.
[38] But in his estate shall he honour the God of forces:
and a god whom his fathers knew not shall he honour with gold,
and silver, and with precious stones, and pleasant things.
[39] Thus shall he do in the most strong holds with a
strange god, whom he shall acknowledge and increase with glory:
and he shall cause them to rule over many, and shall divide the
land for gain.
[40] And at the time of the end shall the king of the
south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against
him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with
many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall
overflow and pass over.
[41] He shall enter also into the glorious land, and many
countries shall be overthrown: but these shall escape out of his
hand, even Edom, and Moab, and the chief of the children of
Ammon.
[42] He shall stretch forth his hand also upon the
countries: and the land of Egypt shall not escape.
[43] 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.
[44] But tidings out of the east and out of the north
shall trouble him: therefore he shall go forth with great fury to
destroy, and utterly to make away many.
[45] And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palace
between the seas in the glorious holy mountain; yet he shall come
to his end, and none shall help him.
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