And out of one of them came forth a [a]little horn, which waxed very great toward the [b]South, and toward the [c]East, and toward the [d]pleasant land.

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 8:9 Which was Antiochus Epiphanes, who was of a servile and flattering nature, and also there were others between him and the kingdom, and therefore is here called the little horn, because neither princely conditions, nor any other thing was in him, why he should obtain this kingdom.
  2. Daniel 8:9 That is, toward Egypt.
  3. Daniel 8:9 Whereby he meaneth Ptolemeus.
  4. Daniel 8:9 That is, Judea.

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