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Ishodad of Merv, on Dan 8:10
Ishodad of Merv · d. A.D. 850
Dan 8:10 · Douay-Rheims
“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.”
On this verse:
“"The host of heaven" and "the stars and princes of the host": he recalls in this way Onias and Eleazar and those of the house of the Maccabees. He calls them "stars" because of the brightness and beauty of the fear of God, by alluding to the words "I will make your offspring as numerous as the stars of heaven."”
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.