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 stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men for five months.
Daniel 8:9
Out of one of them came forth a rather small horn which grew exceedingly great toward the south, toward the east, and toward the Beautiful Land.

Of the

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

General references

Deuteronomy 32:11
Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,
That hovers over its young,
He spread His wings and caught them,
He carried them on His pinions.
Isaiah 66:7
“Before she travailed, she brought forth;
Before her pain came, she gave birth to a boy.
Daniel 7:21
I kept looking, and that horn was waging war with the saints and overpowering them
Matthew 2:7
Then Herod secretly called the magi and determined from them the exact time the star appeared.
Acts 7:19
It was he who took shrewd advantage of our race and mistreated our fathers so that they would expose their infants and they would not survive.
Revelation 12:13
And when the dragon saw that he was thrown down to the earth, he persecuted the woman who gave birth to the male child.

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