23 After making alliances, he shall treacherously rise to power with only a few supporters.
24 By stealth he shall enter prosperous provinces and do that which his fathers or grandfathers never did; he shall distribute spoil, plunder, and riches among them and devise plots against their strongholds.
25 He shall rouse his strength and courage to meet the king of the south with a great army; the king of the south shall go into battle with a very large and strong army, but he shall not stand because of the plots devised against him.
26 Even his table companions shall seek to destroy him, his army shall be overwhelmed, and many shall be struck down.
27 The two kings, resolved on evil, shall sit at table together and exchange lies, but they shall have no success, because the appointed end is not yet.
28 “He shall turn back toward his land with great riches, his mind set against the holy covenant; he shall take action and return to his land.
29 At the time appointed he shall come again to the south, but this time it shall not be as before.