² And now I will tell you the ^(A)truth. Behold, three more kings are going to arise ^[a]in Persia. Then a fourth will gain far more riches than all of them; as soon as he becomes strong through his riches, ^[b]he will stir up the entire empire against the realm of ^[c](B)Greece. ³ And a ^(C)mighty king will arise, and he will rule with great authority and ^(D)do as he pleases. ⁴ But as soon as he has arisen, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out ^(E)toward the ^(F)four ^[d]points of the compass, though not to his own descendants, nor according to his authority which he wielded, because his sovereignty will be ^(G)removed and given to others besides ^[e]them.