⁵ “Then the ^(A)king of the South will grow strong, ^[a]along with one of his princes ^[b]who will gain ascendancy over him and rule; his domain will be a great realm indeed. ⁶ And after some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will come to the ^(B)king of the North to reach an agreement. But she will not keep her ^[c]position of power, nor will he remain with his ^[d]power, but she will be given up, along with those who brought her in and the one who fathered her as well as he who supported her in those times. ⁷ But one of the ^[e]descendants of her line will arise in his place, and he will come against their army and enter the ^(C)fortress of the king of the North, and he will deal with them and prevail. ⁸ And he will also take into captivity to Egypt their ^(D)gods with their cast metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold, and he on his part will ^[f]refrain from attacking the king of the North for some years. ⁹ Then ^[g]the latter will enter the realm of the king of the South, but will return to his own land.

¹⁰ “And his sons will mobilize and assemble a multitude of great forces; and one of them will keep on coming and ^(E)overflow and pass through, so that he may ^[h]again wage war up to his fortress. ¹¹ And the ^(F)king of the South will be enraged and go out and fight ^[i]with the king of the North. Then the latter will raise a great multitude, but that multitude will be handed over to ^[j]the former. ¹² When the multitude is carried away, his heart will ^[k]be haughty, and he will cause tens of thousands to fall; yet he will not prevail. ¹³ For the king of the North will again raise a greater multitude than the former, and ^[l]after an ^(G)interval of some years he will ^[m]press on with a great army and much equipment.

¹⁴ “Now in those times many will rise up against the king of the South; the violent ones among your people will also raise themselves up to fulfill the vision, but they will ^[n]fall down. ¹⁵ Then the king of the North will come, pile up an ^(H)assault ramp, and capture a well-fortified city; and the forces of the South will not stand their ground, not even ^[o]their choicest troops, for there will be no strength to make a stand. ¹⁶ But he who comes against him will ^(I)do as he pleases, and ^(J)no one will be able to withstand him; he will also stay for a time in the ^[p](K)Beautiful Land, with destruction in his hand. ¹⁷ And he will ^(L)set his ^[q]mind on coming with the power of his entire kingdom, ^[r]bringing with him ^[s]a proposal of peace which he will put into effect; he will also give him the daughter of women to ruin it. But she will not take a stand for him or be ^[t]on his side. ¹⁸ Then he will turn his face to the ^(M)coastlands and capture many. But a commander will put a stop to his taunting against him; moreover, he will ^(N)repay him for his taunting. ¹⁹ So he will turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will ^(O)stumble and fall and not be ^(P)found.