21. And there will stand up in his place the despicable one, and he will not be assigned the honor of a king. And he will arrive in secret, and he will obtain the kingdom by deceitfulness.
22. And the arms of the fighting will be assaulted before his face and will be shattered, and, in addition, the leader of the federation.
23. And, after making friends, he will trick him, and he will go up and will overcome with a small people.
24. And he will enter into rich and resourceful cities, and he will do what his fathers never did, nor his fathers' fathers. He will scatter their spoils, and their prey, and their riches, and will form a plan against the most steadfast, and this until a time.
25. And his strength and his heart will be enraged against the king of the South with a great army. And the king of the South will be provoked into going to war by having many allies and exceedingly good circumstances, and yet these will not stand, for they will form plans against him.
26. And those who eat bread with him will crush him, and his army will be suppressed, and very many will die, having been executed.
27. And the heart of two kings will be similar, to do harm, and they will speak lies at one table, but they will not succeed, because as yet the end is for another time.
28. And he will return to his land with many resources. And his heart will be against the holy testament, and he will act, and he will return to his own land.
29. At the appointed time, he will return, and he will approach the South, but the latter time will not be like the former.
30. And the Greek warships and the Romans will come upon him, and he will be pierced, and will retreat, and will have scorn against the testament of the sanctuary, and he will act. And he will return and will consult their adversaries, who have forsaken the covenant of the sanctuary.
31. And arms will take his side, and they will pollute the sanctuary of the strength, and they will take away the continual sacrifice and will replace it with the abomination of desolation.
32. And the impious within the testament will imitate deceitfully, but the people, knowing their God, will persevere and will act.