“I watched then
Because of the noise
Of the arrogant words
That the horn
Was speaking.
And as I watched,
The beast
Was put to death.
Its body destroyed.
It was given over
To be burned
With fire.”
Daniel watched as the noisy arrogant little horn beast was killed. His body was burned and destroyed. There seemed to be a lot of anger at this little horn, the Greek King Antiochus IV Epiphanes (175-163 BCE), perhaps indicating the date of this work. 1 Maccabees, chapter 1, went into great detail about this king.