Kings of the South and North
“And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, stood up to strengthen and protect him. Dan 9:1Dan 5:31Act 14:22Dan 10:18
Now then, I will tell you the truth: Three more kings will arise in Persia, and then a fourth, who will be far richer than all the others. By the power of his wealth, he will stir up everyone against the kingdom of Greece. 1 Ezr 4:5-6Amo 3:7Dan 11:25Dan 8:26Rev 21:5Dan 10:20-21Dan 7:5Dan 8:4
Then a mighty king will arise, who will rule with great authority and do as he pleases. Dan 11:16Dan 11:36Dan 8:21Dan 5:19Dan 7:6Dan 4:35Dan 8:4-14Eph 1:11 But as soon as he is established, his kingdom will be broken up and parceled out toward the four winds of heaven. It will not go to his descendants, nor will it have the authority with which he ruled, because his kingdom will be uprooted and given to others. Dan 8:22Dan 8:8Jer 12:17Dan 7:2Dan 7:8Jer 12:15Jer 18:7Dan 7:6
The king of the South will grow strong, but one of his commanders will grow even stronger and will rule his own kingdom with great authority. Dan 11:11Dan 11:14Dan 11:25Dan 11:3-4Dan 11:40Dan 11:8-9
After some years they will form an alliance, and the daughter of the king of the South will go to the king of the North to seal the agreement. But his daughter will not retain her position of power, nor will his strength 2endure. At that time she will be given up, along with her royal escort and her father 3and the one who supported her. Dan 11:13Dan 11:15Dan 11:40Dan 11:7Job 38:15Ezk 30:21Psa 10:5Zec 11:16
But one from her family line 4will rise up in his place, come against the army of the king of the North, and enter his fortress, fighting and prevailing. Dan 11:19-20Dan 11:38-39Ezk 17:18Isa 11:1Isa 9:14Jer 12:2Job 14:7Luk 12:20 He will take even their gods captive to Egypt, with their metal images and their precious vessels of silver and gold. For some years he will stay away from the king of the North, Isa 37:19Isa 46:1-2Jer 43:12-13Dan 1:2-3Dan 10:3Deu 12:3Exo 12:12Gen 31:30 who will invade the realm of the king of the South and then return to his own land.
But his sons will stir up strife and assemble a great army, which will advance forcefully, sweeping through like a flood, and will again carry the battle as far as his fortress. Dan 11:26Dan 11:7Dan 9:26Jer 51:42Dan 11:22Dan 11:39-40Isa 25:12Isa 8:7-8 In a rage, the king of the South will march out to fight the king of the North, who will raise a large army, but it will be delivered into the hand of his enemy. Dan 8:7Dan 11:5Ecc 9:11-121Ki 20:131Ki 20:28Dan 11:44Dan 11:9-10Dan 2:38
When the army is carried off, the king of the South will be proud in heart and will cast down tens of thousands, but he will not triumph. 1Pe 5:5Hab 2:4-61Ti 3:62Ch 25:192Ch 26:162Ch 32:252Ki 14:10Act 12:22-23 For the king of the North will raise another army, larger than the first, and after some years 5he will advance with a great army and many supplies. Dan 12:7Dan 4:16Dan 11:6-7
In those times many will rise up against the king of the South. Violent ones among your own people will exalt themselves in fulfillment of the vision, but they will fail. Act 4:25-28Rev 17:17
Then the king of the North will come, build up a siege ramp, and capture a fortified city. The forces of the South will not stand; even their best troops will not be able to resist. Ezk 17:17Jer 6:6Ezk 4:2Jos 1:5Pro 21:30-31Dan 11:6Dan 8:7Jer 33:4 The invader will do as he pleases, and no one will stand against him. He will establish himself in the Beautiful Land, with destruction in his hand. Dan 8:9Dan 11:3Dan 11:36Dan 11:41Dan 8:4Dan 8:7Dan 11:45Isa 8:8 He will resolve to come with the strength of his whole kingdom, and will reach an agreement with the king of the South. He will give him a daughter in marriage in order to overthrow the kingdom, but his plan will not succeed or help him. 6 2Ki 12:17Ezk 4:3Ezk 4:7Rom 8:312Ch 20:3Dan 11:19Dan 9:26Ezk 17:17
Then he will turn his face to the coastlands and capture many of them. But a commander will put an end to his reproach and will turn it back upon him. Hos 12:14Jer 31:10Zep 2:11Jer 2:10Ezk 27:6Gen 10:4-5Isa 66:19Jdg 1:7 After this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and be no more. Ezk 26:21Psa 37:36Jer 46:6Job 20:8Psa 27:2
In his place one will arise who will send out a tax collector for the glory of the kingdom; but within a few days he will be destroyed, though not in anger or in battle. Isa 60:172Ki 23:35Dan 11:21Dan 11:7Deu 15:2-3Pro 30:33
In his place a despicable person will arise; royal honors will not be given to him, but he will come in a time of peace and seize the kingdom by intrigue. Dan 11:34Dan 8:25Jdg 9:1-20Psa 55:211Sa 3:132Sa 15:2-6Dan 11:20Dan 11:32 Then a flood of forces will be swept away before him and destroyed, along with a prince of the covenant. Dan 11:10Dan 8:10-11Dan 9:26Dan 8:25Amo 8:8Amo 9:5Isa 8:7-8Nam 1:8
After an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully; for he will rise to power with only a few people. 2Th 2:9Dan 8:252Co 11:3Ezk 17:13-19Gen 34:13Pro 11:18Psa 52:2Rom 1:29 In a time of peace, he will invade the richest provinces and do what his fathers and forefathers never did. He will lavish plunder, loot, and wealth on his followers, and he will plot against the strongholds—but only for a time. Ezk 38:10Dan 7:25Jdg 9:4Mat 9:4Neh 9:25Pro 17:8Pro 19:6Pro 23:7
And with a large army he will stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South, who will mobilize a very large and powerful army but will not withstand the plots devised against him. Pro 28:25Dan 11:2Pro 15:18Dan 11:10 Those who eat from his provisions will seek to destroy him; his army will be swept away, and many will fall slain. Dan 11:10Jhn 13:182Ki 10:6-92Ki 8:142Sa 4:2-12Dan 11:22Dan 11:40Mat 26:23
And the two kings, with their hearts bent on evil, will speak lies at the same table, but to no avail, for still the end will come at the appointed time. Psa 12:2Dan 11:35Hab 2:3Jer 9:3-5Dan 11:40Dan 8:19Jer 41:1-3Pro 12:20 The king of the North will return to his land with great wealth, but his heart will be set against the holy covenant; so he will do damage and return to his own land. Act 3:25Dan 11:22Dan 11:30-32Dan 8:24
At the appointed time he will invade the South again, but this time will not be like the first. Isa 14:31Act 17:26Dan 10:1Dan 11:23Dan 11:25Dan 8:19Gal 4:2 Ships of Kittim 7will come against him, and he will lose heart. Then he will turn back and rage against the holy covenant and do damage. So he will return and show favor to those who forsake the holy covenant. Gen 10:4Num 24:24Dan 11:28Isa 23:12Jer 2:10Dan 7:25Isa 23:1Mat 24:10 His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation. Dan 12:11Dan 9:27Mat 24:15Dan 8:11-13Mrk 13:14Act 13:40-41Ezk 24:21-22Luk 21:20
With flattery he will corrupt those who violate the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him. 1Ch 28:9Psa 9:10Jhn 17:3Zec 10:12Mic 5:7-92Ti 2:1-31Jn 2:3-4Zec 9:13-16 Those with insight will instruct many, though for a time they will fall by sword or flame, or be captured or plundered. Jhn 16:2Mal 2:7Mat 24:9Rev 13:7-10Dan 12:10Dan 12:3-4Heb 11:34Isa 32:3-4
Now when they fall, they will be granted a little help, but many will join them insincerely. Mat 7:15Rom 16:181Jn 4:1Act 20:29-301Jn 2:18-191Jn 4:51Ti 4:1-22Co 11:13-15 Some of the wise will fall, so that they may be refined, purified, and made spotless until the time of the end, for it will still come at the appointed time. Zec 13:9Mal 3:2-4Rev 7:14Pro 17:3Rev 2:101Pe 1:6-7Dan 12:10-11Jas 1:2
The King Who Exalts Himself
Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished. Rev 13:5-62Th 2:4Dan 11:16Dan 8:19Deu 10:17Isa 14:13Dan 2:47Isa 10:25 He will show no regard for the gods of his fathers, nor for the one desired by women, nor for any other god, because he will magnify himself above them all. 1Ti 4:32Th 2:4Isa 14:13Deu 21:11Deu 5:21Ezk 24:16Gen 3:16Gen 3:5
And in their place, he will honor a god of fortresses—a god his fathers did not know—with gold, silver, precious stones, and riches. 1Ti 4:1Isa 44:9Rev 13:12-17Rev 17:1-5Rev 18:12 He will attack the strongest fortresses with the help of a foreign god and will greatly honor those who acknowledge him, making them rulers over many and distributing the land for a price. 8 Rev 18:9-13
At the time of the end, the king of the South will engage him in battle, 9 but the king of the North will storm out against him with chariots, horsemen, and many ships, invading many countries and sweeping through them like a flood. Dan 11:10Dan 11:35Isa 5:28Rev 16:12Dan 12:4Ezk 38:4Isa 21:1Jer 4:13 He will also invade the Beautiful Land, and many countries will fall. But these will be delivered from his hand: Edom, Moab, and the leaders of the Ammonites. Jer 48:47Jer 49:6Dan 11:16Dan 11:45Dan 8:9Ezk 38:8-13Isa 11:13-15Jer 9:26
He will extend his power over many countries, and not even the land of Egypt will escape. Ezk 29:14Rev 11:8Zec 10:10-11Zec 14:17 He will gain control of the treasures of gold and silver and over all the riches of Egypt, and the Libyans and Cushites 10will also submit to him. 2Ch 12:3Nam 3:9Exo 11:8Ezk 30:4-5Jdg 4:10Jer 46:9-10Ezk 38:5
But news from the east and the north will alarm him, and he will go out with great fury to destroy many and devote them to destruction. 11 Rev 16:12Rev 19:19-21Dan 11:11Dan 11:30Ezk 38:9-12Rev 17:13 He will pitch his royal tents between the sea and the beautiful holy mountain, but he will meet his end with no one to help him. 2Th 2:4Dan 8:252Th 2:8Dan 11:16Dan 11:41Dan 2:35Dan 7:26Ezk 38:22-23