Jehovah Foresaw the Future of Kings

11:2

Four kings would stand up for Persia. The fourth would “rouse up everything against the kingdom of Greece.”

1. Cyrus the Great

2. Cambyses II

3. Darius I

4. Xerxes I (believed to be King Ahasuerus, who married Esther)

11:3

A powerful king of Greece would arise and rule an extensive empire.

• Alexander the Great

11:4

The Greek Empire would be divided among four of Alexander’s generals.

1. Cassander

2. Lysimachus

3. Seleucus I

4. Ptolemy I