2 Esdras 12:15

15 The second one to rule will have a longer time than the rest of the twelve.

2 Esdras 12:15 In-Context

13 Look, the days are coming when a kingdom will rise on earth that will be more terrifying than all the kingdoms that came before it.

14 Twelve kings will rule in it, one after the other.

15 The second one to rule will have a longer time than the rest of the twelve.

16 This then is the interpretation of the twelve wings that you saw.

17 As for the fact that you heard a voice that spoke, coming not from its heads but from the middle of its body,