Daniel 7:24

And the ten horns are ten kings who will rise from this kingdom. After them another king, different from the earlier ones, will rise and subdue three kings.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Daniel receives a night vision of a fourth beast and an angelic interpreter explains its symbolic horns. The explanation occurs within the vision sequence where the beast represents a future earthly kingdom.

The words — `קַרְנַיָּ/א` (ve./kar.nai.Ya/') = "and the horns" and `יְקֻמ֑וּן` (ye.ku.Mun) = "they will arise." These terms anchor the vision’s political symbolism in concrete Hebrew vocabulary.

The thread — The horn-to-king sequence appears in Daniel 7:20, while Daniel 11:36 and Revelation 13:1 extend the horn imagery and exalting ruler motif.

Why it lands — It identifies earthly political powers as transient and warns of a future ruler who will challenge divine authority and persecute believers.

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The Hebrew words

וְקַרְנַיָּ֣אve./kar.nai.Ya/'and/ horns/ the עֲשַׂ֔ר'a.Sarten מִנַּהּ֙mi./Nahfrom/ it מַלְכוּתָ֔הmal.khu.Tah/'kingdom/ the עַשְׂרָ֥ה'as.Rahten מַלְכִ֖יןmal.Khinkings יְקֻמ֑וּןye.ku.Munthey will arise וְאָחֳרָ֞ןve./'o.cho.Ranand/ another יְק֣וּםye.Kumhe will arise אַחֲרֵיה֗וֹן'a.cha.rei./Honafter/ them וְה֤וּאve./Hu'and/ he יִשְׁנֵא֙yish.Ne'he will be different מִן־min-from קַדְמָיֵ֔אkad.ma.Ye/'former [kings]/ the וּתְלָתָ֥הu./te.la.Tahand/ three מַלְכִ֖יןmal.Khinkings יְהַשְׁפִּֽל׃ye.hash.Pilhe will bring low

King James Version

And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise: and another shall rise after them; and he shall be diverse from the first, and he shall subdue three kings.

Cross-references

Daniel 7:20 I also wanted to know about the ten horns on its head and the other horn that came up, before which three of them fell—the horn whose appearance was more imposing than the others, with eyes and with a mouth that spoke words of arrogance.
Daniel 11:36 Then the king will do as he pleases and will exalt and magnify himself above every god, and he will speak monstrous things against the God of gods. He will be successful until the time of wrath is completed, for what has been decreed must be accomplished.
Revelation 13:1 Then I saw a beast with ten horns and seven heads rising out of the sea. There were ten royal crowns on its horns and blasphemous names on its heads.
Daniel 8:9 From one of these horns a little horn emerged and grew extensively toward the south and the east and toward the Beautiful Land.
2 Thessalonians 2:3 Let no one deceive you in any way, for it will not come until the rebellion occurs and the man of lawlessness—the son of destruction—is revealed.
1 Timothy 4:1 Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
Revelation 12:3 Then another sign appeared in heaven: a huge red dragon with seven heads, ten horns, and seven royal crowns on his heads.
Revelation 17:3 And the angel carried me away in the Spirit into a wilderness, where I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast that was covered with blasphemous names and had seven heads and ten horns.
Revelation 17:12 The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive one hour of authority as kings along with the beast.
Revelation 17:16 And the ten horns and the beast that you saw will hate the prostitute. They will leave her desolate and naked, and they will eat her flesh and burn her with fire.