Daniel 11:21-24 ▼

21 And in his place a despised person will stand, to whom the splendor of the kingdom has not been given, but he will come in a time of ease and take hold of the kingdom by intrigue.

22 But the overflowing might will be flooded away before him and broken, and also the prince of the covenant.

23 And after an alliance is made with him, he will practice deception, and he will go up and gain power with a small force of people.

24 In a time of ease he will enter the richest parts of the province, and he will do what his fathers never did, nor his fathers’ fathers; he will distribute plunder, spoil, and possessions among them, and he will devise his schemes against strongholds, but only for a time.