2. And I saw in a vision; and it came to pass, when I saw, that I _was_ at Shushan _in_ the palace, which _is_ in the province of Elam; and I saw in a vision, and I was by the river of Ulai. 3. Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had _two_ horns: and the _two_ horns _were_ high; --the Medo-Persian Empire-- but one --Persia-- _was_ higher than the other, and the higher came up last. 4. I saw the ram pushing westward, and northward, and southward; --The Medo-Persian Empire embraced all the civilized nations of Asia-- so that no beast might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he --Cyrus, and his descendants and next of kin-- did according to his will, and became great. 5. And as I was considering, behold a he-goat --The Hellenes (Greece and her colonies)-- came from the West on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground; and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes. 6. And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river and ran unto him in the fury of his power --Battles of Marathon B.C. 490, Salamis and Plataea B.C. 480 and 479. 7. And I saw him --Alexander the Great, after Greece was conquered by the Macedonians B.C. 334-- come close unto the ram --Battles of Granicus and Issus.-- and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns, and there was no power in the ram to stand before him; --Alexander was greatly pleased when shown this prophecy--Josephus 11. 8. 5.-- but he cast him down to the ground and stamped upon him, and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand. --B.C. 331 Alexander defeated the Persians on the plain of Babylon. He then pushed on to India and conquered the Punjaub, land of the five rivers. 8. Therefore the he-goat waxed very great: --Alexander the Great also conquered Egypt, Palestine, Phoenicia and Tyre. He built Alexandria and ruled from Greece to the Ganges.-- and when he was strong, the great horn was broken; --Alexander died in India of intemperance and left no successor.-- and for it came up four notable ones toward the 4 winds of heaven. --Alexander's kingdom fell to his 4 generals: Antigonus took Persia, Seleucus took Syria, Ptolemy took Egypt, Cassander took Macedon. 9. And out of one of them --Seleucus-- came forth a little horn --kingdom of the Seleucidæ-- which waxed exceeding great, toward the south --Egypt-- and toward the east --between the Hellespont and the Indus-- and toward the pleasant land. --Palestine. 10. And it waxed great --under Antiochus III, the Great-- even to the host of heaven; --the Jewish nation-- and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground, --Judah and Benjamin--