Dan 8:4 | JFB | STEP | 4. ram pushing westward-- Persia conquered westward Babylon, Mesopotamia, Syria, Asia Minor. northward-- Colchis, Armenia, Iberia, and the dwellers on the Caspian Sea. southward-- Judea, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya; also India, under Darius. He does not say eastward, for the Persians themselves came from the east ( ). did according to his will-- ( , ; compare ).

‏ Daniel 8:4

4. ram pushing westward--Persia conquered westward Babylon, Mesopotamia, Syria, Asia Minor.

northward--Colchis, Armenia, Iberia, and the dwellers on the Caspian Sea.

southward--Judea, Egypt, Ethiopia, Libya; also India, under Darius. He does not say eastward, for the Persians themselves came from the east (Is 46:11).

did according to his will--(Da 11:3, 16; compare Da 5:19).