¹⁹ After this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own country but will stumble and fall,^(A) to be seen no more.^(B)

²⁰ “His successor will send out a tax collector to maintain the royal splendor.^(C) In a few years, however, he will be destroyed, yet not in anger or in battle.

²¹ “He will be succeeded by a contemptible^(D) person who has not been given the honor of royalty.^(E) He will invade the kingdom when its people feel secure, and he will seize it through intrigue.