⁵ “Then the king of the south will grow strong and also one of his officials,^[a] and he will grow stronger than him^[b] and he will rule a dominion greater than his dominion.^{[c] 6} And at the end of some years they will make an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the south will come to the king of the north to make a peace treaty, but she will not retain her position of power,^[d] and his offspring^[e] will not endure, and she will be given up, she and her attendants and her child supporting her, in those times.^{[f] 7} And a branch from her roots^[g] will rise up in his place, and he will come against the army and he will enter the stronghold of the king of the north and he will take action against them and he will prevail. ⁸ And also their gods with their idols and with the precious vessels,^[h] silver and gold he will take to Egypt into captivity, and for years he will leave the king of the north alone.^{[i] 9} And then he^[j] will come into the kingdom of the king of the south, but he will return to his land.

¹⁰ “But his sons will wage war and they will gather a multitude of great forces and he will advance with great force,^[k] and he will overflow like a flood and he will pass through and he will return, and they will wage war up to his fortress. ¹¹ And the king of the south will become furious, and he will go and he will battle against him, against the king of the north; and he will muster a great multitude, and the multitude will be given into his hand. ¹² When the multitude is carried off, his heart will be exalted and he will overthrow tens of thousands,^[l] but he will not prevail. ¹³ And the king of the north will again raise a multitude, greater than the former, and at the end of some years^[m] he will surely come with a great army and with great supplies.^[n]

¹⁴ “And in these times many will rise up against the king of the south, and the violent ones of your people^[o] will lift themselves to fulfill^[p] the vision, but they will fall. ¹⁵ And the king of the north will come, and he will throw up siege ramps^[q] and capture a city of fortifications and the military forces of the south and his choice troops^[r] will not stand, for^[s] there is no strength left to resist. ¹⁶ And the one coming to him will act according to^[t] his pleasure, and there is no one who will stand^[u] before him,^[v] and he will stand in the beautiful land^[w] and complete destruction will be in his power. ¹⁷ And he will set his face to come with the authority of his whole kingdom and will form an agreement;^[x] and he will act,^[y] and the daughter of women he will give to him to destroy it,^[z] but the ploy will not succeed and she will not support him.^{[aa] 18} And he will turn his face to the coastlands, and he will capture many, but^[ab] a commander will end his insults to him so that instead his insults will turn back upon him.^{[ac] 19} And he will turn back his face toward^[ad] the strongholds of his land, but he will stumble and he will fall and will not be found.