Daniel 8:3

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Summary

Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.

I lifted

A ram

Daniel 8:20

Daniel 2:39

Daniel 7:5

One

General references

Daniel 8:20

Bible References

I lifted

I lifted my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, whose waist was girded with a belt of pure gold of Uphaz.

And Balaam lifted up his eyes and saw Israel camping tribe by tribe; and the Spirit of God came upon him.

Now it came about when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing opposite him with his sword drawn in his hand, and Joshua went to him and said to him, “Are you for us or for our adversaries?”

Then David lifted up his eyes and saw the angel of the Lord standing between earth and heaven, with his drawn sword in his hand stretched out over Jerusalem. Then David and the elders, covered with sackcloth, fell on their faces.

Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there were four horns.

Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and behold, there was a man with a measuring line in his hand.

Then I lifted up my eyes again and looked, and behold, there was a flying scroll.

Now I lifted up my eyes again and looked, and behold, four chariots were coming forth from between the two mountains; and the mountains were bronze mountains.

A ram

The ram which you saw with the two horns represents the kings of Media and Persia.

After you there will arise another kingdom inferior to you, then another third kingdom of bronze, which will rule over all the earth.

And behold, another beast, a second one, resembling a bear. And it was raised up on one side, and three ribs were in its mouth between its teeth; and thus they said to it, ‘Arise, devour much meat!’

One

So Darius the Mede received the kingdom at about the age of sixty-two.

So this Daniel enjoyed success in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

“Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, ‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah.

and hired counselors against them to frustrate their counsel all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

in the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his princes and attendants, the army officers of Persia and Media, the nobles and the princes of his provinces being in his presence.

Behold, I am going to stir up the Medes against them,
Who will not value silver or take pleasure in gold.

A harsh vision has been shown to me;
The treacherous one still deals treacherously, and the destroyer still destroys.
Go up, Elam, lay siege, Media;
I have made an end of all the groaning she has caused.

“It is I who says of Cyrus, ‘He is My shepherd!
And he will perform all My desire.’
And he declares of Jerusalem, ‘She will be built,’
And of the temple, ‘Your foundation will be laid.’”

Sharpen the arrows, fill the quivers!

The Lord has aroused the spirit of the kings of the Medes,
Because His purpose is against Babylon to destroy it;
For it is the vengeance of the Lord, vengeance for His temple.

General references

The ram which you saw with the two horns represents the kings of Media and Persia.