²⁵ “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 devise plans against him.

² And now I will tell you the truth: Behold, three more kings will arise in Persia, and the fourth shall be far richer than them all; by his strength, through his riches, he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece.

¹⁰ However his sons shall stir up strife, and assemble a multitude of great forces; and one shall certainly come ^(A)and overwhelm and pass through; then he shall return ^(B)to his fortress and stir up strife.