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By the power of his wealth, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then a mighty king will arise, who will rule with great authority and do as he pleases. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But as soon as he is established, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out toward the four winds of heaven. It will not go to his descendants, nor will it have the authority with which he ruled, because his kingdom will be uprooted and given to others. <A name="6"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The king of the South will grow strong, but one of his commanders will grow even stronger and will rule his own kingdom with great authority. <A name="7"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to seal the agreement. But his daughter will not retain her position of power, nor will his strength<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> endure. At that time she will be given up, along with her royal escort and her father<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> and the one who supported her. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>But one from her family line<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> will rise up in his place, come against the army of the king of the North, and enter his fortress, fighting and prevailing. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>He will take even their gods captive to Egypt, with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold. For some years he will stay away from the king of the North, <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>who will invade the realm of the king of the South and then return to his own land. <A name="11"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But his sons will stir up strife and assemble a great army, which will advance forcefully, sweeping through like a flood, and will again carry the battle as far as his fortress. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>In a rage, the king of the South will march out to fight the king of the North, who will raise a large army, but it will be delivered into the hand of his enemy. <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>When the army is carried off, the king of the South will be proud in heart and will cast down tens of thousands, but he will not triumph. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For the king of the North will raise another army, larger than the first, and after some years<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> he will advance with a great army and many supplies. <A name="15"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>In those times many will rise up against the king of the South. Violent ones among your own people will exalt themselves in fulfillment of the vision, but they will fail. <A name="16"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Then the king of the North will come, build up a siege ramp, and capture a fortified city. The forces of the South will not stand; even their best troops will not be able to resist. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The invader will do as he pleases, and no one will stand against him. He will establish himself in the Beautiful Land, with destruction in his hand. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>He will resolve to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and will reach an agreement with the king of the South. He will give him a daughter in marriage in order to overthrow the kingdom, but his plan will not succeed or help him.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Then he will turn his face to the coastlands and capture many of them. But a commander will put an end to his reproach and will turn it back upon him. <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>After this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and be no more. <A name="21"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>In his place one will arise who will send out a tax collector for the glory of the kingdom; but within a few days he will be destroyed, though not in anger or in battle. <A name="22"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>In his place a despicable person will arise; royal honors will not be given to him, but he will come in a time of peace and seize the kingdom by intrigue. <A name="23"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Then a flood of forces will be swept away before him and destroyed, along with a prince of the covenant. <A name="24"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>After an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully; for he will rise to power with only a few people. <A name="25"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>In a time of peace, he will invade the richest provinces and do what his fathers and forefathers never did. He will lavish plunder, loot, and wealth on his followers, and he will plot against the strongholds—but only for a time. <A name="26"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And with a large army he will stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South, who will mobilize a very large and powerful army but will not withstand the plots devised against him. <A name="27"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Those who eat from his provisions will seek to destroy him; his army will be swept away, and many will fall slain. <A name="28"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And the two kings, with their hearts bent on evil, will speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for still the end will come at the appointed time. <A name="29"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>The king of the North will return to his land with great wealth, but his heart will be set against the holy covenant; so he will do damage and return to his own land. <A name="30"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>At the appointed time he will invade the South again, but this time will not be like the first. <A name="31"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Ships of Kittim<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> will come against him, and he will lose heart. Then he will turn back and rage against the holy covenant and do damage. So he will return and show favor to those who forsake the holy covenant. <A name="32"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation. <A name="33"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>With flattery he will corrupt those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him. <A name="34"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>Those with insight will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by sword or flame, or be captured or plundered. <A name="35"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>Now when they fall, they will be granted a little help, but many will join them insincerely. <A name="36"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>Some of the wise will fall, so that they may be refined, purified, and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time. <A name="37"></a><p class="hdg">The King Who Exalts Himself<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished. <A name="38"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers, nor for the one desired by women, nor for any other god, because he will magnify himself above them all. <A name="39"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>And in their place, he will honor a god of fortresses—a god his fathers did not know—with gold, silver, precious stones, and riches. <A name="40"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>He will attack the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god and will greatly honor those who acknowledge him, making them rulers over many and distributing the land for a price.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">h</a></span> <A name="41"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">i</a></span> but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading many countries and sweeping through them like a flood. <A name="42"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>He will also invade the Beautiful Land, and many countries will fall. But these will be delivered from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the leaders of the Ammonites. <A name="43"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>He will extend his power over many countries, and not even the land of Egypt will escape. <A name="44"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>He will gain control of the treasures of gold and silver and over all the riches of Egypt, and the Libyans and Cushites<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">j</a></span> will also submit to him. <A name="45"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-44.htm"><b>44</b></a></span>But news from the east and the north will alarm him, and he will go out with great fury to destroy many and devote them to destruction.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">k</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/daniel/11-45.htm"><b>45</b></a></span>He will pitch his royal tents between the sea and the beautiful holy mountain, but he will meet his end with no one to help him.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Hebrew <i>of Javan</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>offspring</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">6</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>child</i><span class="thin"> </span>; see Vulgate and Syriac.<br><span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> Literally <i>a branch from her roots</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> Hebrew <i>at the end of the times</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> Or <i>but she will not stand with him or support him</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">30</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> Or <i>western coastlands</i><span class="thin"> </span> or <i>Mediterranean islands</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">39</span> <span class="footnotesbot">h</span> Or <i>for a reward</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">40</span> <span class="footnotesbot">i</span> Hebrew <i>will thrust at him</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">43</span> <span class="footnotesbot">j</span> That is, people from the upper Nile region<br><span class="fnverse">44</span> <span class="footnotesbot">k</span> Forms of the Hebrew <i>cherem</i><span class="thin"> </span> refer to the giving over of things or persons, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.<br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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