Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.

Bible References

Beasts

Daniel 7:4
The first (the Babylonian Empire under Nebuchadnezzar) was like a lion and had the wings of an eagle. I kept looking until its wings were plucked, and it was lifted up from the ground and made to stand on two feet like a man; a human mind was given to it.
Psalm 76:4

You are glorious and resplendent,
More majestic than the mountains of prey.
Ezekiel 19:3

‘When she [the royal mother-city] brought up [Jehoahaz] one of her cubs,
He became a [young] lion,
And he learned to catch and tear the prey;
He devoured men.
Revelation 13:1
And the dragon (Satan) stood on the sandy shore of the sea.

Then I saw a [vicious] beast coming up out of the sea with ten horns and seven heads, and on his horns were ten royal crowns (diadems), and on his heads were blasphemous names.