Daniel 8:21-23

Expanded Bible

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]. ²² The four horns that grew in the place of the broken horn are four kingdoms [^CAlexander died in 323 bc and his four most powerful generals carved up his empire between them]. Those four kingdoms will come from ·the nation of the first king [^Lhis nation], but ·they will not be as strong as the first king [^Lnot with his power/strength].

²³ “When the end comes near for those kingdoms, a ·bold and cruel [fierce/stern-faced] king who ·tells lies will come [^Lunderstands riddles/enigmas; ^CAntiochus Epiphanes, who terrorized the Jews in the mid-second century bc]. This will happen when ·many people have turned against God [rebellions/transgressions will reach their height].