^{21 Ref} `And stood up on his station hath a despicable one, and they have not given unto him the honour of the kingdom, and he hath come in quietly, and hath strengthened the kingdom by flatteries.

^{22 Ref} And the arms of the flood are overflowed from before him, and are broken; and also the leader of the covenant.

^{23 Ref} And after they join themselves unto him, he worketh deceit, and hath increased, and hath been strong by a few of the nation.

^{24 Ref} Peaceably even into the fertile places of the province He cometh, and he hath done that which his fathers did not, nor his fathers' fathers; prey, and spoil, and substance, to them he scattereth, and against fenced places he deviseth his devices, even for a time.

^{25 Ref} `And he stirreth up his power and his heart against the king of the south with a great force, and the king of the south stirreth himself up to battle with a very great and mighty force, and standeth not, for they devise devices against him,