Daniel 8:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 8:9-25

The scourge of Israel. "He shall stand up against the Prince of princes; but he shall be broken without hand" ( Daniel 8:25 ). As in the previous homily, we give a mere directive outline, for the help of those who may care to make the antichrist of the later Hebrew time the subject of treatment. The sketch given by the prophet undoubtedly applies to Antiochus Epiphanes. The only question has been raised by those who wish to throw discredit on the supernatural in prophecy, and who, struck... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 8:9

And out of one of them, came forth a little horn - Emblematic of new power that should spring up. Compare the notes at Daniel 7:8. This little horn sprang, up out of one of the others; it did not spring up in the midst of the others as the little horn, in Daniel 7:8, did among the ten others. This seemed to grow out of one of the four, and the meaning cannot be misunderstood. From one of the four powers or kingdoms into which the empire of Alexander would be divided, there would spring up this... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 8:9

Daniel 8:9 . And out of one of them Namely, out of one of the four notable horns, mentioned in the preceding verse, came forth a little horn The reader will be pleased particularly to observe this, as being a key to the right interpretation of the subsequent prophecy. The little horn proceeded from one of the four kingdoms just mentioned, into which Alexander’s empire was divided after his death: therefore to look for it elsewhere, or to interpret it of any power, king, or kingdom,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Daniel 8:1-14

Vision of the ram and the goat (8:1-14)This vision is easier to understand than that of the previous chapter (which was given to Daniel two years earlier; cf. 7:1; 8:1). This is partly because of the interpretation given to Daniel, and partly because of ancient records that show a remarkable correspondence between details of the vision and events as they actually happened.It was now almost 550 BC, and though Babylon was still the dominant power in the region, Persia had now begun to challenge... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Daniel 8:9

one = [the] one. a little horn. See note on Daniel 7:8 , where it is already shown that this name, and these members (Daniel 8:9 and Daniel 8:23 ) belong to the still future time of the end. See App-90 . waxed = grew. Anglo-Saxon, weaxan = to grow. Supply the Ellipsis ( App-6 ), "grew [and became]" south: i.e. Egypt. east: i.e. Babylonia and Persia. pleasant land = the glory of [gems]: i.e. the land of Israel. Only Ezekiel ( Dan 20:6 , Dan 20:15 ) and Daniel here use this term of the... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Daniel 8:9

"And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the glorious land. And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; and some of the host and some of the stars it cast down to the ground, and trampled upon them. Yea, it magnified itself, even to the prince of the host; and it took away from him the continual burnt-offering, and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. And the host was given over to it together with... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Daniel 8:9-12

Daniel 8:9-12. Out of one of them came forth a little horn, &c.— There are two ways of expounding this prophesy of the little horn; either by understanding it with the generality of interpreters, both Jewish and Christian, ancient and modern, of Antiochus Epiphanes, and considering Antiochus as a type of antichrist; or by leaving him wholly out of the question, and seeking another application. Now a horn, in the style of Daniel, does not signify any particular king, but is an emblem of a... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Daniel 8:9

9. little horn—not to be confounded with the little horn of the fourth kingdom in :-. The little horn in Daniel 7:8 comes as an eleventh horn after ten preceding horns. In Daniel 7:8- : it is not an independent fifth horn, after the four previous ones, but it arises out of one of the four existing horns. This horn is explained (Daniel 8:23) to be "a king of fierce countenance," c. Antiochus Epiphanes is meant. Greece with all its refinement produces the first, that is, the Old Testament... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 8:9

Daniel next saw a rather small horn (king, Daniel 8:23) grow out of one of the four horns (kingdoms, Daniel 8:22) that had replaced the single horn (the first king, Alexander, Daniel 8:21) on the goat (Greece, Daniel 8:21). This horn is quite clearly different from the little horn that came up among the 10 horns on the fourth beast in the previous vision (cf. Daniel 7:8; Daniel 7:11; Daniel 7:24-26).". . . the little horn arising from the third kingdom serves as a prototype of the little horn... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 8:9-14

4. The little horn on the goat 8:9-14 read more

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