Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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 BC he defeated Darius Codomanus, and in 330 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 (Psalms 33:16).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Daniel 8:7:
Daniel 10:1
Daniel 11:3
Revelation 17:10
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