Daniel 11:16

11:16 The one advancing against him will do as he pleases, and no one will be able to stand before him. He will prevail in the beautiful land, and its annihilation will be within his power. ¹ 

Daniel 11:23

11:23 After ²  entering into an alliance with him, he will behave treacherously; he will ascend to power with only a small force. ³ 

Daniel 8:6-7

8:6 It came to the two-horned ram that I had seen standing beside the canal and rushed against it with raging strength. ⁴  8:7 I saw it approaching the ram. It went into a fit of rage against the ram ⁵  and struck it ⁶  and broke off its two horns. The ram had no ability to resist it. ⁷  The goat hurled the ram ⁸  to the ground and trampled it. No one could deliver the ram from its power. ⁹ 

¹ tn Heb “hand.”

² tn The preposition מִן (min) is probably temporal here (so BDB 583 s.v. 7.c; cf. KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV), although it could also be understood here as indicating means (so J. Goldingay, Daniel [WBC], 279, n. 23a; cf. TEV, NLT).

³ tn Heb “nation.”

³ tn Heb “the wrath of its strength.”

⁴ tn Heb “him.”

⁵ tn Heb “the ram.”

⁶ tn Heb “stand before him.”

⁷ tn Heb “he hurled him.” The referents of both pronouns (the male goat and the ram) have been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ sn The goat of Daniel’s vision represents Greece; the large horn represents Alexander the Great. The ram stands for Media-Persia. Alexander’s rapid conquest of the Persians involved three battles of major significance which he won against overwhelming odds: Granicus (334 B.C.), Isus (333 B.C.), and Gaugemela (331 B.C.).