Who are Revelation 18’s Seven kings? Are they related to the 7 heads of Daniel’s Four Beasts?

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The relevant Verses are these:

10 …They[the Beast’s Heads] are also seven kings. Five have fallen, one is, the other has not yet come; but when he does come, he must remain for only a little while. 11 The beast who once was, and now is not, is an eighth king. He belongs to the seven and is going to his destruction.

Revelation 13:1-2 shows that the Scarlet Beast is a mis-mash of Daniel’s four beasts. Due to the fact that Daniel’s Leopard has four heads, we can know that the Scarlet Beast shares not only its appearance with Daniel’s 4, but also its number of heads.

This provides the possibility that Revelation 18’s Seven Kings are the Four Beast’s Heads. Both the Traditional & the Scholarly Interpretations of Daniel’s Beasts are Problematic.

These heads are traditionally believed to represent the:

• the Chaldean Empire(as the Lion)
• The Medo-Persian Empire(as the Bear)
• Alexander & his Diadochi(as the Leopard & its Four Heads)
• Rome(as the Indescribable Last Beast)

Secular Scholars now Consider these:

• The Chaldean Empire(as the Lion)
• The Median Empire(as the Bear)
• The Persian Empire(as the Leopard)
• Alexander & His Diadochi(as the Indescribable Beast)

Is an Indentification of the Scarlet Beast’s Heads with the Heads of Daniel’s Four Beasts untenable then? Is God completely re-applying them to the Beast in a new way?