Daniel 8:9-10

DANIEL—NOTE ON Daniel 8:9 A little horn grows out of one of the four horns and expands his realm. Most scholars identify this little horn as Antiochus IV Epiphanes (ruled 175–164 B.C.). Antiochus IV tried to unify his kingdom by forcing his subjects to adopt Greek cultural and religious practices. He banned circumcision, ended sacrifice at the temple in Jerusalem, and deliberately defiled the temple by sacrificing a pig on the altar and placing a pagan religious object in the Most Holy Place. This horn grew great, even to the host of heaven, and some of the stars it threw down to the ground. This probably refers to the faithful who were killed during Antiochus IV’s reign.