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Out of one of them came out a little horn, which grew exceedingly great, toward the south, and toward the east, and toward the glorious land.
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Verse 9. A little horn. Antiochus Epiphanes, a descendant of Seleucus. He grew against the south and the east, by his victories over the kings of Egypt and Armenia; and against the strength, that is, against Jerusalem and the people of God. Challoner.—He persecuted God’s people, and set up the idol of Jupiter Olympius in the very temple. Worthington.
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