DANIEL—NOTE ON Daniel 7:5 The second beast was like a bear, raised up on one side. Many scholars think this suggests the unequal power of the two countries combined in the Medo-Persian Empire. It had a mouth full of the ribs of its previous victim(s); these may have been the people Cyrus conquered to unify his nation. However, the beast was told to arise and devour even more. The three ribs could also represent the three countries that Medo-Persia conquered (Babylon, 539 B.C.; Lydia, 546; and Egypt, 525).

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