Daniel 8:21

And the shaggy he-goat is melech Yavan (the king of Greece), and the keren hagedolah (great horn) that is between his eyes is the melech harishon (the first king). + 8:21 i.e., Alexander

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.

In Context

20The ram which thou sawest having two karnayim are the melachim of Media and Paras (Persia).

22Now one being broken and four stood up in its place, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in its koach (strength).

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Cross References

Daniel 7:6After this I beheld, and hinei another, like a leopard, which had upon its sides four wings of a bird; the beast had also arba'ah rashim (four heads) and dominion was given to it.

Daniel 10:20Then said he, Knowest thou why I have come unto thee? And now I shall return to fight against the Sar Paras (Prince of Persia); and when I am gone forth, hinei! The Sar Yavan (Prince of Greece) comes.

Zechariah 9:13I will bend Yehudah as I bend My keshet (bow), 1 fill it with Ephrayim, 1 and I will rouse thy banim, O Tziyon, 1 against thy banim, O Yavan (Greece), 1 and make thee like the cherev (sword) of a gibbor (mighty man). 1

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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