¹ In the third year of the reign of king Baltasar, a vision appeared to me. I Daniel, after what I had seen in the beginning,

² And now I will shew thee the truth. Behold there shall stand yet three kings in Persia, and the fourth shall be enriched exceedingly above them all: and when he shall be grown mighty by his riches, he shall stir up all against the kingdom of Greece.