DANIEL 8
Daniel's vision leading to the division of the Greek Empire
Dan. 8:1 In the third year of the reign of king
Belshazzar
[1] a vision appeared unto me,
[a.] [even unto] me Daniel,
[b.]
after that which appeared unto me at the
first
(Dan. 7:1).
8:2 And
[2] I saw in a vision; and
[3] it came to pass, when I saw, that
[a.] I [was] at Shushan [in] the palace,
[11.]
which [is] in the province of Elam; and
[4] I saw in a vision, and
[a.] I was by the river of Ulai.
8:3 Then
[1] I lifted up mine eyes, and
[2] [I] saw, and,
[3] behold, there stood before the river a ram
[a.] which had [two] horns: and
[11.]
the [two] horns
[were] high; but
[12.] one [was] higher than the
other, and
[aa.] the higher came up last.
8:4 [4] I saw the ram pushing
[a.] westward, and
[b.]
northward, and
[c.]
southward;
[d.]
so that no beasts might stand before him,
[11.] neither [was there any] that could deliver
[aa.] out of his hand;
[bb.]
but he did according to his will,
[111.]
and became great.
8:5 And
[1] as I was considering,
[2] behold, an he goat came
[a.]
from the west
[b.]
on the face of the whole earth,
[c.]
and touched not the ground:
[d.] and the goat [had] a notable
horn [Alexander the Great]
[11.]
between his eyes.
8:6 And
[1] he [the notable
horn] came to the ram
[a.] that had [two] horns,
[b.]
which I had seen standing
[11.]
before the river,
[c.]
and ran unto him in the fury of his power.
8:7 And
[2] I saw him come close unto the ram, and
[3] he was moved with choler [bitterness, hatred] against him, and
[4] [he] smote the ram, and
[a.] brake his two horns: and
[b.] there was no power in the ram
[11.]
to stand before him, but
[c.] he cast him down to the ground, and
[d.] [he] stamped upon him: and
[e.] there was none that could deliver the ram
[11.]
out of his hand.
[5] the he goat waxed very great: and
[6] when he was strong,
[a.] the great horn was broken [Alexander died at the age of 33]; and
[11.]
for it
[him] came
up four notable ones [Alexander’s four generals: Cassander (took
Greece), Lyismachus (took Asia Minor/Turkey), Seleucus (took Syria/Lebanon/Babylon),
and Ptolemy (took Egypt)]
[aa.]
toward the four winds of
heaven [the entire Grecian Empire was divided between Alexander’s four
generals].
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