waxed very great. Referring to the great extent of Alexander's conquests, as "ran" (Daniel 8:6) refers to the rapidity of them.
very. exceedingly.
great: or, proud. Compare Daniel 8:4.
broken. broken in pieces.
for it. instead of it.
came up. Septuagint adds "afterward".
four notable ones. four conspicuous [ones].
the four winds. See note on Daniel 7:2.
winds. Hebrew. rua. h. App-9.
Verse Daniel 8:8. _THE HE-GOAT WAXED VERY STRONG_] He had subdued nearly the whole of the then known world. _THE GREAT HORN WAS BROKEN_] Alexander died in the height of his conquests, when he was bu...
THEREFORE THE HE-GOAT WAXED VERY GREAT - The Macedonian power, especially under the reign of Alexander. AND WHEN HE WAS STRONG, THE GREAT HORN WAS BROKEN - In the time, or at the period of its greates...
CHAPTER 8 THE RAM AND THE HE-GOAT _ 1. The vision (Daniel 8:1)_ 2. The interpretation of the vision (Daniel 8:15) Daniel 8:1. Beginning with this chapter to the end of the book prophecy will lead us...
DANIEL 8. THE VISION OF THE RAM AND THE HE-GOAT. This chapter gives an account of another vision which came to Daniel in Shushan. Near the river Ulai a ram with two horns is seen pushing invincibly we...
_Therefore_, &c. AND _the he goat_ DID VERY GREATLY (Daniel 8:4) i.e. performed great exploits. _and when he was strong, the great horn_the - CONSPICUOUS horn" of Daniel 8:5 _was broken_ Alexander was...
THE HE-GOAT WAXED VERY GREAT, &C.— This the angel interprets, Daniel 8:22. The empire of the goat was in its full strength when Alexander died. He was succeeded by his natural brother Philip Aridaeus,...
CHAPTER EIGHT II. LOCKING HORNSDaniel 8:1-27 a. THE GOAT AND THE RAM TEXT: Daniel 8:1-8 1 In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even unto me, Daniel, after...
Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven. WHEN HE WAS STRONG, THE GREAT HORN W...
THE VISION OF THE RAM AND THE HE-GOAT In the third year of Belshazzar Daniel has a vision in which he seems to stand by the river Ulai, near Susa (Daniel 8:1). He sees a two-homed ram which behaves ag...
FOR IT] RV 'instead of it.'...
THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD DANIEL _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 8 V1 In the third year that King Belshazzar ruled Babylon, I, Daniel, had another dream. V2 In my dream, I saw myself in the castle at...
WAS BROKEN. — This points to the sudden and unexpected end of Alexander, B.C. 323. The “four horns,” which take the place of the “notable horn,” may mean either that this empire was dispersed to the f...
וּ צְפִ֥יר הָ עִזִּ֖ים הִגְדִּ֣יל עַד ־מְאֹ֑ד
THE RAM AND THE HE-GOAT This vision is dated as having occurred in the third year of Belshazzar; but it is not easy to see the significance of the date, since it is almost exclusively occupied with t...
GOD'S SANCTUARY DISHONORED Daniel 8:1-14 Shushan was the lily palace. There, by the river Ulai, the prophet beheld in vision the attack which would subsequently be made on the Medo-Persian kingdom by...
Two years later, in the third year of king Belshazzar's reign, another vision came to Daniel. It was of a ram with two horns pushing westward, northward, and southward. As Daniel watched, a he goat at...
Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great (i) horn was broken; and for it came up four (k) notable ones toward the four winds of heaven. (i) Alexander's great power wa...
Broken, by death. Usher, in the year 3681 [319 B.C.] --- Four. Seleucus, Antigonus, Philip, and Ptolemeus, the successors of Alexander, who divided his empire among them. (Challoner) --- Other general...
The principal feature of this history, in the battle of rams and he-goats, (meaning the kings of the earth), is what is said of this creature magnifying himself against the Prince of the host, even Je...
This prophecy relates to the death of Alexander. We have explained how, under the image of a he-goat, the Macedonian empire is set before us, having its beginning in the person of Alexander, but by no...
Chapter 8 gives details of that which takes place from another side of Judea, with reference to the Jews. The two empires of Persia and Greece, or of the East, which succeeded that of Babylon under wh...
THEREFORE THE HE GOAT WAXED VERY GREAT,.... The Grecian monarchy, under Alexander, became very powerful, and was very extensive; he not only conquered the Persian empire, but also the Indies, yea, the...
_Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven._ Ver. 8. _Therefore the he-goat waxed...
_Therefore the he-goat waxed very great_ See note on chap. Daniel 2:39. The empire of the goat was in its full strength when Alexander died. He was succeeded by his natural brother Philip Aridæus, and...
Therefore the he-goat waxed very great, his power developed mightily; AND WHEN HE WAS STRONG, just as he reached the highest point of his might, THE GREAT HORN WAS BROKEN, the unity of the attacking p...
THE VISION ITSELF...
1-14 God gives Daniel a foresight of the destruction of other kingdoms, which in their day were as powerful as that of Babylon. Could we foresee the changes that shall be when we are gone, we should...
THE HE-GOAT WAXED VERY GREAT, by conquering all the Eastern empire and power, even to India. THE GREAT HORN WAS BROKEN: this was the mighty power of the Lord of hosts, who is higher than the highest,...
Daniel 8:8 male H6842 goat H5795 very H3966 great H1431 (H8689) strong H6105 (H8800) large H1419 horn...
‘And the he-goat magnified himself exceedingly, and when he was strong the great horn was broken, and instead of it there came up conspicuously four towards the four winds of heaven.' Following the d...
CONTENTS: The ram and rough goat vision, and its interpretation. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Gabriel, Daniel, Belshazzar, anti-Christ. CONCLUSION: Out from the kingdoms of the last days a king of fierc...
Daniel 8:2. _At Shushan in the palace._ Some think that Daniel was now ambassador at the Persian court. The _Ulai_ or Eulæus, is a great and navigable river which watered Ecbatana, capital of Media, a...
_Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns._ THE WORLD-POWERS AND ISRAEL A glance at the particulars in this vision is enough to satisfy...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 8:1 In this next vision, Daniel sees what is to come of the Medo-Persian Empire, Alexander the Great’s empire, and the Hellenistic empires that succeed it. The upheavals to come...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 8:8 THE GOAT BECAME EXCEEDINGLY GREAT. Alexander the Great’s kingdom extended all the way to India, exceeding any kingdom before it in size. THERE CAME UP FOUR CONSPICUOUS HORNS....
_HOMILETICS_ SECT. XXVIII.—ANTIOCHUS EPIPHANES, OR THE SYRIAN LITTLE HORN (Chap. Daniel 8:1) This chapter presents to us another vision of Daniel vouchsafed to him in the reign of Belshazzar, but two...
EXPOSITION DANIEL 8:1 THE RAM AND THE HE-GOAT This chapter marks the change from Aramaic to_ _Hebrew. The character of the chapter is like that which immediately precedes it. It consists, like it, o...
Now two years later: In the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me, even as unto me Daniel, after that which appeared unto me at the first (Daniel 8:1). A similar type...
2 Chronicles 26:16; Daniel 4:31; Daniel 5:20; Daniel 7:2; Daniel 11:4;
Was broken — When Alexander was greatest, then was he broken, and that to pieces, for he, his mother, son, brother, and all his kindred were destroyed. The four winds Antipater got Greece. Asia was po...