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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith

~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~

Chapter 8 – Vision of the Ram, He-Goat & Little Horn
Macedonian empire. This king was

Alexander the Great.

Verses 6 and 7 give a concise account of the

overthrow of the Persian empire by

Alexander. The contests between the Greeks

and Persians are said to have been

exceedingly furious; and some of the scenes as

recorded in history are vividly brought to

mind by the figure used in the prophecy, — a

ram standing before the river, and the goat

running unto him in the fury of his power.

Alexander first vanquished the generals of

Darius at the River Granicus in Phrygia; he

next attacked and totally routed Darius at the

passes of Issus in Cilicia, and afterward on the

plains of Arbela in Syria. This last battle

occurred B. C. 331, and marked the conclusion

of the Persian empire; for by this event