Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
he-goat—Græco-Macedonia.
notable horn—Alexander. "Touched not . . . ground," implies the incredible swiftness of his conquests; he overran the world in less than twelve years. The he-goat answers to the leopard (Daniel 7:6). Caranus, the first king of Macedonia, was said to have been led by goats to Edessa, which he made the seat of his kingdom, and called Æge, that is, "goat-city."
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Daniel 8:5:
Daniel 10:1
Zechariah 10:3
Revelation 17:10
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