At an appointed time he will again invade the south, but this latter visit will not turn out the way the former one did.

The male goat ¹  is the king of Greece, ²  and the large horn between its eyes is the first king.

On the twenty-fourth day of the first month ¹  I was beside the great river, the Tigris. ² 

For the king of the north will again muster an army, one larger than before. At the end of some years he will advance with a huge army and enormous supplies.

Then he said to me, “Don’t be afraid, Daniel, for from the very first day you applied your mind ¹  to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard. I have come in response to your words.

However, the prince of the kingdom of Persia was opposing me for twenty-one days. But ¹  Michael, one of the leading princes, came to help me, because I was left there ²  with the kings of Persia.