18After this, his face will be turned to the islands, and he will take a number of them: but a chief, by his destruction, will put an end to the shame offered by him; and more than this, he will make his shame come back on him.
19Then his face will be turned to the strong places of his land: but his way will be stopped, causing his downfall, and he will not be seen again.
20Then his place will be taken by one who will send out a man with the glory of a king to get wealth together; but after a short time destruction will overtake him, but not in wrath or in the fight.
21And his place will be taken by a low person, to whom the honour of the kingdom had not been given: but he will come in time of peace and will get the kingdom by fair words.
22And his forces will be completely taken away from before him and broken; and even the ruler of the agreement will have the same fate.
23And from the time when they make an agreement with him, he will be working falsely: for he will take up arms suddenly with a small force,
24Against fertile places, and will make waste a part of the country; and he will do what his fathers have not done, or his fathers' fathers; he will make distribution among them of goods taken in war and by force, and of property: he will even make designs against the strong places for a time.
