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
And they have tails like unto scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men five months.
Daniel 8:9
And out of one of them came forth a little horn, which waxed exceeding great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the glorious land .

Of the

Revelation 17:18
And the woman whom thou sawest is the great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.

General references

Deuteronomy 32:11
As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, That fluttereth over her young, He spread abroad his wings, he took them, He bare them on his pinions.
Isaiah 66:7
Before she travailed, she brought forth; before her pain came, she was delivered of a man-child.
Daniel 7:21
I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them;
Matthew 2:7
Then Herod privily called the Wise-men, and learned of them exactly what time the star appeared.
Acts 7:19
The same dealt craftily with our race, and ill-treated our fathers, that they should cast out their babes to the end they might not live.
Revelation 12:13
And when the dragon saw that he was cast down to the earth, he persecuted the woman that brought forth the man child .

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