I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did according to his will, and became great.West-ward — Toward Babylon, Syria, Cappadocia, Asia the less, and Greece, all westward from Media and Persia.North-ward — Against the Armenians, Iberians, Lydians, Colchi Caspians.South-ward — Against Ethiopia, Arabia, Egypt. read more
4. This Medo-Persian beast became great (rather, “magnified himself,” R.V.) as he pushed his conquests through Syria and Mesopotamia toward the Mediterranean on the west, Armenia and Scythia on the north, Libya, Egypt, and Arabia on the south. It has been supposed that conquests in the East are not mentioned because such victories had no vital interest to the Jews, or because they were comparatively unimportant in the development of the Medo-Persian empire, or perhaps because this... read more
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Daniel 8:4
pushing: Daniel 5:30, Daniel 7:5, Daniel 11:2, Isaiah 45:1-Deuteronomy :, Jeremiah 50:1 - Jeremiah 51:64 neither: Daniel 8:7, Job 10:7, Psalms 7:2, Psalms 50:22, Micah 5:8 but: Daniel 5:19, Daniel 11:3, Daniel 11:16, Daniel 11:36, Isaiah 10:13, Isaiah 10:14 Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 9:2 - Who can stand Psalms 44:5 - push Jeremiah 51:28 - the kings Daniel 2:32 - breast Daniel 2:39 - another kingdom Daniel 5:28 - Thy Daniel 8:12 - and it practiced read more