John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 7:9
I beheld till the thrones were cast down ,.... On which the governors of the above monarchies sat; and those of the ten kings, signified by the ten horns; and also that of the little horn. The prophet kept looking on the objects before him, till he in his dream, and the visions of the night, saw all those empires and kingdoms demolished, and all rule, power, and authority, put down, and way made for the glorious kingdom of the Messiah, and his saints with him; to this sense Aben Ezra,... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 7:8
I considered the horns ,.... The ten horns of the fourth beast; these the prophet particularly looked at, took special notice of them, carefully observed them, their number, form, and situation, and pondered in his mind what should be the meaning of them: and, behold ; while he was attentive to these, and thinking within himself what they should be, something still more wonderful presented: there came up among them another little horn ; not Titus Vespasian, as Jarchi; nor the Turkish... read more