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that eight kings will rise up in the empire, but their rule will be brief and unimportant.
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Two of them will appear briefly near the middle of the period, four of them will not appear until near the end, and two will be left until the very end.
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"You saw the three heads that were asleep. That means
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that in the last days of the empire, God Most High will raise up three kings; they will restore much of the empire and rule over the world
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and its people with more harshness than any before them. The reason they are called the eagle's heads
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.