²⁰ As for the ram that you saw with the two horns, these are the kings of Media and Persia.

³ I looked up and saw a ram standing beside the gate.^[a] It had two horns. Both horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one came up second.^(A)

11 ¹ “As for me, in the first year of Darius the Mede, I stood up to support and strengthen him.^(A)

² “Now I will announce the truth to you. Three more kings shall arise in Persia. The fourth shall be far richer than all of them, and when he has become strong through his riches, he shall stir up all against the kingdom of Greece.