8:9. And out of one of them came forth a little horn: and it became great against the south, and against the east, and against the strength.
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.
8:10. And it was magnified even unto the strength of heaven: and it threw down of the strength, and of the stars, and trod upon them.
Unto the strength of heaven... or, against the strength of heaven. So are here called the army of the Jews, the people of God.
8:11. And it was magnified even to the prince of the strength: and it took away from him the continual sacrifice, and cast down the place of his sanctuary.
8:12. And strength was given him against the continual sacrifice, because of sins: and truth shall be cast down on the ground, and he shall do and shall prosper.
8:13. And I heard one of the saints speaking, and one saint said to another I know not to whom, that was speaking: How long shall be the vision, concerning the continual sacrifice, and the sin of the desolation that is made: and the sanctuary, and the strength be trodden under foot?
8:14. And he said to him: Unto evening and morning two thousand three hundred days: and the sanctuary shall be cleansed.
Unto evening and morning two thousand three hundred days... That is, six years and almost four months: which was the whole time from the beginning of the persecution of Antiochus till his death.
8:15. And it came to pass when I, Daniel, saw the vision, and sought the meaning, that behold there stood before me as it were the appearance of a man.