Editing Book of Daniel (section)

=== Vision of the ram and goat (chapter 8) ===
{{Main|Daniel 8}}
In the third year of Belshazzar Daniel has a vision of a ram and goat. The ram has two mighty horns, one longer than the other, and it charges west, north and south, overpowering all other beasts. A goat with a single horn appears from the west and destroys the ram. The goat becomes very powerful until the horn breaks off and is replaced by four lesser horns. A small horn that grows very large, it stops the daily temple sacrifices and desecrates the sanctuary for two thousand three hundred "evenings and mornings" (which could be either 1,150 or 2,300 days) until the temple is cleansed. The [[angel Gabriel]] informs him that the ram represents the Medes and Persians, the goat is Greece, and the "little horn" is a wicked king.{{sfn|Levine|2010|pp=1249–1251}}