Daniel 11:1; Daniel 11:7; Daniel 11:10; Daniel 11:19; Daniel 11:31; Daniel 11:38; Daniel 11:39

1 "In the first year of Darius the Mede, I arose to be an encouragement and a protection for him.

7 "But one of the descendants of her line will arise in his place, and he will come against their army and enter the fortress of the king of the North, and he will deal with them and display great strength.

10 "His sons will mobilize and assemble a multitude of great forces; and one of them will keep on coming and overflow and pass through, that he may again wage war up to his very fortress.

19 "So he will turn his face toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and be found no more.

31 "Forces from him will arise, desecrate the sanctuary fortress, and do away with the regular sacrifice. And they will set up the abomination of desolation.

38 "But instead he will honor a god of fortresses, a god whom his fathers did not know; he will honor him with gold, silver, costly stones and treasures.

39 "He will take action against the strongest of fortresses with the help of a foreign god; he will give great honor to those who acknowledge him and will cause them to rule over the many, and will parcel out land for a price.