Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.
Alexander died young, and his kingdom broke apart into four pieces, each claimed by one of his generals. All four arose from the Greek nation, not foreign ones, yet none of them matched his power. The angel was showing that the single kingdom remained fundamentally one in origin, even though it was torn in four.
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Daniel sought understanding and did not seek in vain. Those who truly know God's things must desire to know more of them. When Gabriel approached, Daniel fell in fear and then into deep sleep, not from carelessness but from the weight of such abundance of revelations.
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Commenting on Daniel 8:15-27
Alexander's death, whether by drunkenness or poison, is what the text means by the great horn being broken. Four kingdoms rose in his place, Egypt, Asia, Macedonia, Syria, all from the Greek nation, yet far inferior to him in power and grandeur.
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