2 Esdras 12:21-23

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

²¹ 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.

²² ‘As for your seeing three heads at rest, this is the interpretation: ²³ In its last days the Most High will raise up three kings,^[a] and they^[b] shall renew many things in it, and shall rule the earth