Daniel 8:2

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Summary

And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I was at Shushan in the palace, which is in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai.

I saw in

Province

Ulai

Daniel 8:16

Bible References

I saw in

I looked up, and there was a ram standing beside the canal. He had two horns. The two horns were long, but one was longer than the other, and the longer one came up last.

Daniel said, “In my vision at night I was watching, and suddenly the four winds of heaven stirred up the great sea.

He said:

“Listen to what I say:
If there is a prophet among you from the Lord,
I make Myself known to him in a vision;
I speak with him in a dream.

Long ago God spoke to the fathers by the prophets at different times and in different ways.

Province

Shem’s sons were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, and Aram.

In those days Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam,

and Tidal king of Goiim

A troubling vision is declared to me:
“The treacherous one acts treacherously,
and the destroyer destroys.
Advance, Elam! Lay siege, you Medes!
I will put an end to all her groaning.”

all the kings of Zimri,
all the kings of Elam,
and all the kings of Media;

This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet about Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.

Elam is there
with all her hordes around her grave.
All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—
those who went down to the underworld uncircumcised,
who once spread their terror
in the land of the living.
They bear their disgrace
with those who descend to the Pit.

Ulai

I heard a human voice calling from the middle of the Ulai: “Gabriel, explain the vision to this man.”