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John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 8:8

Dan 8:8 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 very great. ] The Greeks became lords of all; their emperor was Et re et nomine magnus, not called great for nought; he began to take upon him as a god, and would be counted son to Jupiter Hammon; he called for divine honours, and slew Callisthenes, his tutor, because he would not yield... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Daniel 8:8

waxed: Deuteronomy 31:20, Esther 9:4, Jeremiah 5:27, Ezekiel 16:7 when: Daniel 4:31, Daniel 5:20, 2 Chronicles 26:16, Psalms 82:6, Psalms 82:7, Ezekiel 28:9 the great: Daniel 8:22, Daniel 7:6, Daniel 11:4 toward: Daniel 7:2, Matthew 24:31, Mark 13:27, Revelation 7:1 Reciprocal: Ecclesiastes 3:14 - nothing Jeremiah 49:36 - the four winds Daniel 8:5 - touched not the ground Daniel 8:21 - the great Acts 4:16 - a notable 2 Timothy 3:1 - perilous read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Daniel 8:8

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.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 — 1. Antipater got Greece2. Asia was possessed by Antigonus3. Ptolemy got Egypt4. Seleucus had Babylon and Syria. All these were variously situated; to the east, Babylon... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 8:8

8. While still in his youth and at the height of his power Alexander died (323 B.C.), and after a confused conflict, which reached a crisis with the battle of Ipsus (301 B.C.), his great empire was divided into four parts: Thracia on the north, Macedonia on the west, Syria on the east, and Egypt on the south. Ptolemy I took Egypt; Seleucus, Syria; Cassander, Macedonia and Greece; and Lysimachus, Thracia, to which he added later a large part of Asia Minor. As, however, the number “four” is... read more

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