²¹ The male goat is the king of ·Greece [^LJavan], and the big horn between its eyes is the first king [^CAlexander the Great, who defeated Persia around 330 bc].

²⁰ Then he said, “Daniel, do you know why I have come to you? Soon I must go back to fight against the prince of Persia [v. 13]. When I go, the prince of ·Greece [^LJavan] will come,

Kingdoms of the South and North

² “Now then, Daniel, I tell you the truth: Three more kings will ·rule [^Larise] in Persia, and then a fourth king will come. He will be much richer than all ·the kings of Persia before him [^Lof them] and will use his riches to get power [^Cperhaps Darius III, the last king of Persia]. He will stir up everyone against the kingdom of ·Greece [^LJavan]. ³ Then a ·mighty [or warrior] king will ·come [^Larise], who will rule with great power and will do anything he wants [^CAlexander the Great, who defeats Persia]. ⁴ After that king ·has come [^Larises], his kingdom will be broken up and divided out toward the four ·parts of the world [^Lwinds of heaven]. His kingdom will not go to his ·descendants [posterity], and ·it will not have the power that he had [^Lnot according to the dominion of his dominion], because his kingdom will be pulled up and given to other people [^CAlexander’s kingdom was divided among his four most powerful generals, the Diadochoi].