Daniel 8:20

The two-horned ram that you saw represents the kings of Media and Persia.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.

In Context

19and said, “Behold, I will make known to you what will happen in the latter time of wrath, because it concerns the appointed time of the end.

21The shaggy goat represents the king of Greece, and the large horn between his eyes is the first king.

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Cross References

Daniel 5:28PERES means that your kingdom has been divided and given over to the Medes and Persians.”

Daniel 11:1“And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, stood up to strengthen and protect him.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 8:16-27

The Vision of the Ram and Goat. ( b. c. 553.) 15 And it came to pass, when I, even I Daniel, had seen the vision, and sought for the meaning, then, behold, there stood before me as the appearance of a man. 16 And I heard a man's voice between the banks of Ulai, which called, and said, Gabriel, make this man to understand the vision. 17 So he came near where I stood: and when he came, I was afraid, and fell upon my face: but he said unto me, Understand, O son of man: for at the time of the end shall be the vision.… Read the whole commentary →

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