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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Daniel 8:7 - 8:7
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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).