Daniel’s Vision of a Ram and a Goat

8 In the third year of King Belshazzar’s^(A) reign, I, Daniel, had a vision,^(B) after the one that had already appeared to me.

²⁰ The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.^{(A) 21} The shaggy goat is the king of Greece,^(B) and the large horn between its eyes is the first king.^{(C) 22} The four horns that replaced the one that was broken off represent four kingdoms that will emerge from his nation but will not have the same power.