⁴⁰ “At the time of the end the king of the South^(A) will engage him in battle, and the king of the North will storm^(B) out against him with chariots and cavalry and a great fleet of ships. He will invade many countries and sweep through them like a flood.^(C)

⁴⁴ But reports from the east and the north will alarm him, and he will set out in a great rage to destroy and annihilate many.