rsv Daniel:11:1-12
rsv@Daniel:11:1 @ And as for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to confirm and strengthen him.
rsv@Daniel:11:2 @ "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.
rsv@Daniel:11:3 @ Then a mighty king shall arise, who shall rule with great dominion and do according to his will.
rsv@Daniel:11:4 @ 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.
rsv@Daniel:11:5 @ "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.
rsv@Daniel:11:6 @ 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.
rsv@Daniel:11:7 @ "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.
rsv@Daniel:11:8 @ 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.
rsv@Daniel:11:9 @ Then the latter shall come into the realm of the king of the south but shall return into his own land.
rsv@Daniel:11:10 @ "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.
rsv@Daniel:11:11 @ 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.
rsv@Daniel:11:12 @ And when the multitude is taken, his heart shall be exalted, and he shall cast down tens of thousands, but he shall not prevail.
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