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.

His tail

Bible References

His tail

Revelation 9:10
And they had tails like scorpions and stings, and in their tails was their power to injure men five months.

Of the

Revelation 17:18
And the woman which you saw is the great city which reigns over the kings of the earth.

General references

Matthew 2:7
Then Herod, calling the Magi secretly, asked them the precise time when the star appeared;
Acts 7:19
This [king] dealt deceitfully with our race, and treated injuriously our fathers, causing their infants to be exposed that they might not be preserved alive.
Revelation 12:13
And when the dragon saw that he was cast to the earth, he persecuted the woman who bore the male child.