²⁰ The two-horned ram represents the kings of Media and Persia.

³ As I looked up, I saw a ram with two long horns standing beside the river.^[a] One of the horns was longer than the other, even though it had grown later than the other one.

11 ¹ I have been standing beside Michael^[a] to support and strengthen him since the first year of the reign of Darius the Mede.)

Kings of the South and North

² “Now then, I will reveal the truth to you. Three more Persian kings will reign, to be succeeded by a fourth, far richer than the others. He will use his wealth to stir up everyone to fight against the kingdom of Greece.^[b]