This king is usually called the willful king. Who is this willful king? Most of the pioneers in 1844 thought he was the papacy. This is because a lot of the description given us of this power seems to fit the papacy. But Josiah Litch had a different idea about this king and when Uriah Smith published his book in 1873 he decided that Josiah Litch had more in favor of his position. He says “The king here introduced cannot denote the same power which was last noticed, namely, the papal power; for the specifications will not hold good, if applied to that power.... It could be properly translated... ‘A certain king shall do according to his will,’ thus clearly introducing a new power upon the stage of action.” Thoughts on Daniel, 1883 edition, page 338.