John Gill's Exposition on Daniel 8:22

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Now that being broken, etc.] That is, the great horn Alexander, the first king of the Grecian monarchy; whose death, either by drunkenness, or by poison, is here expressed by being “broken”. The sense is, he being dead, or upon his death, whereas four stood up for it; four horns rose up in the room and stead of the great one broken; (see <270808>Daniel 8:8) these signified that four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation; which were the kingdoms of Egypt, Asia, Macedonia, and Syria, into which the Grecian monarchy was divided after the death of Alexander; and the first kings of them were all of the Grecian or Macedonian nation, and not Egyptians, Armenians, Syrians, etc.: but not in his power; they did not rise and stand up in the power and strength, in the grandeur and magnificence, of Alexander; they were not equal, but greatly inferior to him, though they were notable horns, or famous kingdoms, as in (<270808>Daniel 8:8). Saadiah interprets it, not of his seed or offspring; these were not his sons that were the heads of these kingdoms; but his captains or generals.

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