Daniel 8:20

As for the ram with two horns that you saw, those horns represent the kingdoms of Media and Persia.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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

In Context

19Then he said, “I have come here to tell you what will happen because of God being angry. These things will happen near the time when the world will end.

21The goat that you saw represents the kingdom of Greece, and the horn that appeared between its eyes represents its first king.

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Cross References

Daniel 5:28Parsin means ‘divided’. That means that God has divided your kingdom. Some of it will be ruled by people from Media and some will be ruled by people from Persia.”

Daniel 11:1“As for me, during the first year that Darius was king, I helped and encouraged Michael.”

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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