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Eight kings shall arise in it, whose times shall be short and their years swift;
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and two of them shall perish when the middle of its time draws near; and four shall be kept for the time when its end approaches; but two shall be kept until the end.
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As for your seeing three heads at rest, this is the interpretation:
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In its last days the Most High will raise up three kings, and they shall renew many things in it, and shall rule the earth
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and its inhabitants more oppressively than all who were before them; therefore they are called the heads of the eagle.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.