Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Daniel 8:7
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Daniel8:7
7. moved with choler--Alexander represented the concentrated wrath of Greece against Persia for the Persian invasions of Greece; also for the Persian cruelties to Greeks, and Darius' attempts to seduce Alexander's soldiers to treachery [Newton].
stamped upon him--In 331 B.C. he defeated Darius Codomanus, and in 330 B.C. burned Persepolis and completed the conquest of Persia.
none ... could deliver--Not the immense hosts of Persia could save it from the small army of Alexander (Psa 33:16).
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