Daniel 7:20

“And of the ten horns, etc.] That is, Daniel desired to know the truth of the ten horns, or the meaning of them what they signified, and who they pointed at, of which in (<270707>Daniel 7:7), here it is added, that were in his head; observing the situation of them; thought the horns of a beast could hardly be thought to be elsewhere: and of the other which came up, and before whom three fell; particularly he was very desirous to know the meaning of a single horn, which rose up among the rest, and before which three of the other horns fell, being plucked up by the roots: even of that horn that had eyes, and a mouth that spake very great things: (See Gill on “<270708>Daniel 7:8”): whose look…”

“look . . . more stout than . . . fellows--namely, than that of the other horns.”

“And of the ten horns ... - See the notes at Daniel 7:7-8. Whose look was more stout than his fellows - literally, “whose aspect was greater than that of its companions.” This does not mean that its look or aspect was more fierce or severe than that of the others, but that the appearance of the horn was greater - רב rab. In Daniel 7:8, this is described as a “little horn;” and to understand this, and reconcile the two, we must suppose that the seer watched this as it grew until it became the largest of the number. Three fell before it, and it outgrew in size all the others until it became the most prominent. This would clearly denote that the kingdom or the authority referred to by this…”

“the ten horns: The ten kingdoms into which the western Roman empire was divided; which were primarily, according to Machiavel and Bp. Lloyd: Western Roman Empire Division Ten Kingdoms Date ad 1. The Huns in Hungary 356 2. The Ostrogoths in Moesia 377 3. The Visigoths in Pannonia 378 4. The Sueves and Alans in Gascoigne and Spain 407 5. The Vandals in Africa 407 6. The Franks in France 407 7. The Burgundians in Burgundy 407 8. The Heruli and Turingi in Italy 476 9. The Saxons and Angles in Britain 476 10. The Lombards, first upon the Danube, and afterwards in Italy 526 Though the ten kingdoms differed from these in later periods, and were sometimes more or less, yet they were still known by…”