And he came unto the ram that had the two horns, whom I had seen standing by the river, and ran unto him in his fierce rage.

And I saw him come unto the ram, and being moved against him, he [a]smote the ram, and brake his two horns: and there was no power in the ram to stand against him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him, and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his power.

Therefore the goat waxed exceeding great, and when he was at the strongest, his great [b]horn was broken: and for it came up four that [c]appeared toward the four winds of the heaven.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 8:7 Alexander overcame Darius in two sundry battles, and so had the two kingdoms of the Medes and Persians.
  2. Daniel 8:8 Alexander’s great power was broken: for when he had overcome all the East, he thought to return toward Greece to subdue them that had rebelled, and so died by the way.
  3. Daniel 8:8 That is, which were famous: for almost in the space of fifteen years there were fifteen divers successors before this monarchy was divided to these four, whereof Cassander had Macedonia, Seleucus Syria, Antigonus Asia the less, and Ptolemy Egypt.

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