Editing Book of Daniel (section)

=== Vision of the beasts from the sea (chapter 7) ===
{{Main|Daniel 7}}
{{See also|Four kingdoms of Daniel}}
In the first year of [[Belshazzar]] Daniel has a dream of four monstrous beasts arising from the sea.<ref group="Notes" name="First year of Belshazzar">First year of Belshazzar: Probably 553 BC, when Belshazzar was given royal power by his father, [[Nabonidus]]. See Levine, 2010, p. 1248, footnote 7.1–8.</ref> The fourth, a beast with ten horns, devours the whole earth, treading it down and crushing it, and a further small horn appears and uproots three of the earlier horns. The [[Ancient of Days]] judges and destroys the beast, and "one like a [[son of man]]" is given everlasting kingship over the entire world. One of Daniel's attendants explains that the four beasts represent four kings, but that "the holy ones of the Most High" would receive the everlasting kingdom. The fourth beast would be a fourth kingdom with ten kings, and another king who would pull down three kings and make war on the "holy ones" for "a time, two times and a half," after which the heavenly judgment will be made against him and the "holy ones" will receive the everlasting kingdom.{{sfn|Levine|2010|pp=1248–1249}}