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And as for me ,
in the first year of Darius the Mede ,
I stood up to confirm and strengthen him .
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And now I will show you the truth .
Behold ,
three more kings shall arise in Persia ;
and a fourth shall be far richer than all of them ;
and when he has become strong through his riches ,
he shall stir up all against the kingdom of Greece .
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Then a mighty king shall arise ,
who shall rule with great dominion and do according to his will .
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And when he has arisen ,
his kingdom shall be broken and divided toward the four winds of heaven ,
but not to his posterity ,
nor according to the dominion with which he ruled ;
for his kingdom shall be plucked up and go to others besides these .
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Then the king of the south shall be strong ,
but one of his princes shall be stronger than he and his dominion shall be a great dominion .
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After some years they shall make an alliance ,
and the daughter of the king of the south shall come to the king of the north to make peace ;
but she shall not retain the strength of her arm ,
and he and his offspring shall not endure ;
but she shall be given up ,
and her attendants ,
her child ,
and he who got possession of her .
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In those times a branch from her roots shall arise in his place ;
he shall come against the army and enter the fortress of the king of the north ,
and he shall deal with them and shall prevail .
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He shall also carry off to Egypt their gods with their molten images and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold ;
and for some years he shall refrain from attacking the king of the north .
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Then the latter shall come into the realm of the king of the south but shall return into his own land .
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His sons shall wage war and assemble a multitude of great forces ,
which shall come on and overflow and pass through ,
and again shall carry the war as far as his fortress .
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Then the king of the south ,
moved with anger ,
shall come out and fight with the king of the north ;
and he shall raise a great multitude ,
but it shall be given into his hand .
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And when the multitude is taken ,
his heart shall be exalted ,
and he shall cast down tens of thousands ,
but he shall not prevail .