³ Then a ^[a]mighty [warlike, threatening] king will arise who will rule with great authority and do as he pleases. ⁴ But as soon as he (Alexander) has risen, his kingdom will be broken [by his death] and divided toward the four winds of heaven [the north, south, east, and west], but not to his descendants, nor according to the [Grecian] authority with which he ruled, for his kingdom will be torn out and uprooted and given to ^[b]others (his four generals) to the exclusion of these.

⁵ “Then the king of the South (Egypt) will be strong, along with one of his princes who will be stronger than he and have dominance over him; his domain will be a great dominion.