Daniel 8:21 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²¹And the rough goat is the king of Grecia: and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.

Daniel 8:21 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 10:20
Then said he, Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee? and now will I return to fight with the prince of Persia: and when I am gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia shall come.
Daniel 11:3
And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will.
Daniel 8:5-8
And as I was considering, behold, an he goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground: and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes. …

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 15-27)

Here we have, I. Daniel’s earnest desire to have this vision explained to him (Dan. 8:15): I sought the meaning. Note, Those that rightly know the things of God cannot but desire to know more and more of them, and to be led further into the mystery of them; and those that would find the meaning of what they have seen or heard from God must seek it, and seek it diligently. Seek and you shall find.…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 21)

21. the first king--Philip was king of Macedon before Alexander, but the latter was the first who, as a generalissimo of Greece, subdued the Persian empire.