Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered, for to devour her child as soon as it was born.

Bible References

His tail

Revelation 9:10
They have tails like scorpions, and stingers; and in their tails is their power to hurt people for five months.
Daniel 8:9
Out of one of them (Antiochus IV Epiphanes) came forth a rather small horn [but one of irreverent presumption and profane pride] which grew exceedingly powerful toward the south, toward the east, and toward the Beautiful Land (Israel).

Of the

Revelation 17:18
The woman whom you saw is the great city, which reigns over and dominates and controls the kings and the political leaders of the earth.”

General references

Deuteronomy 32:11

“As an eagle that protects its nest,
That flutters over its young,
He spread out His wings and took them,
He carried them on His pinions.
Isaiah 66:7

“Before she (Zion) was in labor, she gave birth;
Before her labor pain came, she gave birth to a boy.
Daniel 7:21
As I kept looking, that horn was making war with the saints (believers) and overpowering them
Matthew 2:7
Then Herod secretly sent for the magi and learned from them the [exact] time the star [had first] appeared.
Acts 7:19
He shrewdly exploited our race and mistreated our fathers, forcing them to expose their [male] babies so that they would die.
Revelation 12:13
And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who had given birth to the male Child.