2 Esdras 12:13-15

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹³ The days are coming when a kingdom shall rise on earth, and it shall be more terrifying than all the kingdoms that have been before it. ¹⁴ And twelve kings shall reign in it, one after another. ¹⁵ But the second that is to reign shall hold sway for a longer time than any other one of the twelve.