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Daniel 8:9 Cross-References
Explore 12 cross-references for Daniel 8:9 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Daniel chapter 8 verse 9 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land.”
Daniel 8:9 (KJV)
Commentary on Daniel 8:9
The "little horn" emerging from the four kingdoms has been interpreted various ways, but most scholarship identifies Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-164 BC), the Seleucid king who brutally persecuted Jews. He started "little"—initially not heir to the throne—but gained power through manipulation. His expansion "toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the pleasant land" describes his campaigns: south toward Egypt (Ptolemaic kingdom), east toward Parthia and Armenia, and especially toward "the pleasant land" (Hebrew: hatzvi, הַצְּבִי)—Israel."The pleasant land" emphasizes Israel's special ...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Daniel 8:9
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“and none shall stand before him; and he shall stand in the glorious land”
“the joy of the whole earth”
“that I would not bring them into the land which I had given them”
“to bring them forth out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had searched out for them”
“and behold”
“And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him.”
“But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them”
“to whom they had not given the honor of the kingdom: but he shall come in time of security”
“How I will put you among the children”
“when the transgressors are come to the full”