Matthew Poole and continuators on 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 .

This little horn was Antiochus Epiphanes, he arose out of the Seleucidae of Syria: Called a little horn, 1 Because he was much less than Alexander, called a notable Horn, ver. 5. 2 Little, because he was the youngest of his Brethren. 3 He was held a Prisoner and Pledge at Rome, whence he escaped. 4 Little, because he had nothing at first of Greatness and Heroick Nobleness in him, also of low Fortune.

i. e. Egypt, where he besieged and took many places from Philometer, till the Romans stopped him.

i. e. In Syria, Babylon, Armenia ▪

Iudea, so called because of the Temple and People of God in it, and the fruitfulness of it, Ezek. 20.6 the glory of all lands. So ver. 15. Psal. 48.2, 3, &c. Ier. 3.19. Dan. 11.16, 41, 45.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 letter]hap. 7.8. [illegible: 1 letter]1.21.