Daniel 8:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bible Comments

A little horn — This little horn was Antiochus Epiphanes. The south — Egypt where he besieged and took many places. The east — In Syria, Babylon, Armenia. The pleasant land — Judea, so called because of the temple and people of God in it, and the fruitfulness of it.

Daniel 8:9

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 pleasant land.