Dan 2 | TSK | STEP | Nebuchadnezzar, forgetting his dream, requires it of the Chaldeans, by promises and threatenings. They acknowledging their inability are judged to die. Daniel obtaining some respite finds the dream. He blesses God. He staying the decree is brought to the king. The dream. The interpretation. Daniel's advancement. in. the second.That is, the second according to the Babylonian computation, but the fourth according to that of the Jews, who reckon from the time he was associated with his father. Nebuchadnezzar. and his.

Daniel 2

1 Nebuchadnezzar, forgetting his dream, requires it of the Chaldeans, by promises and threatenings.

10 They acknowledging their inability are judged to die.

14 Daniel obtaining some respite finds the dream.

19 He blesses God.

24 He staying the decree is brought to the king.

31 The dream.

36 The interpretation.

46 Daniel's advancement.

in.

1:1-5; 2Ch 36:5-7

the second.That is, the second according to the Babylonian computation, but the fourth according to that of the Jews, who reckon from the time he was associated with his father.

Jer 25:1

Nebuchadnezzar.

3; 4:5; Ge 40:5-8; 41:1-36; Job 33:15-17

and his.

6:18; Es 6:1

1:20; 4:6; 5:7; Ge 41:8; Ex 7:11; De 18:10-12; Isa 8:19; 19:3

Isa 47:12,13

1; Ge 40:8; 41:15

in.

Ge 31:47; Ezr 4:7; Isa 36:11

Syriack.Aramith, "Aramean," the language of Aram or Syria; a general term comprehending both the Chaldee and Syriac, the latter merely differing from the former as a dialect, and being written in a different character. With the following words the Chaldee part of Daniel commences; and is continued to the end of the seventh chapter.

O king.

3:9; 4:19; 5:10; 6:6,21; 1Sa 10:24; 1Ki 1:25,31; Ne 2:3; Mt 21:9

Mr 11:9,10

tell.

4:7; 5:8; Ge 41:8; Isa 44:25

ye shall.This was unreasonable, arbitrary, and tyrannical in the extreme; but, in the course of God's providence, it was overruled to serve the most important purpose.

3:29; 1Sa 15:33; Ps 50:22; 58:7

cut in pieces. Chal. made pieces. made.

De 13:16; Jos 6:26; 2Ki 10:27; Ezr 6:11

ye shall.

48; 5:7,16,29; Nu 22:7,17,37; 24:11

rewards. or, fee.

Let.

gain. Chal. buy.

there is.

for.

1Ki 22:6,22; Pr 12:19; Isa 44:25; Eze 13:6,17,19; 2Co 2:17

the time.

21; 5:28,31; 7:25

I shall.

Isa 41:23

and there.This was their decision: and when the living and true God, who indeed condescends to dwell with men, and who alone could reveal the dream and the secrets contained in it, actually made it known to Daniel, he evinced the infinite difference between Jehovah and his prophets, and the idols and magicians of Babylon.

27,28; 5:11; Ge 41:39; Ex 8:19; Mt 19:26

whose.

Ex 29:45; Nu 35:34; 1Ki 8:27; 2Ch 6:18; Ps 68:18; 113:5,6; 132:14

Isa 8:18; 57:15; 66:1,2; Joe 3:21; Joh 1:1-3,14; 14:17,23; 2Co 6:16

Re 21:3

3:13; Job 5:2; Ps 76:10; Pr 16:14; 19:12; 20:2; 27:3,4; 29:22; Mt 2:16

Mt 5:22

the decree.

6:9-15; Es 3:12-15; Ps 94:20; Pr 28:15-17; Isa 10:1

and they.

1:19,20; 6:12

answered. Chal. returned. with.

2Sa 20:16-22; Ec 9:13-18

captain of the king's guard. or, chief marshall. Chal.chief of the executioners, or slaughter-men.

Ge 37:36; Jer 39:9; 52:12,14; *margins

made.

and desired.

9-11; 1:18,19

Hananiah.

1:7,11; 3:12

they would.

3:17; 1Sa 17:37; Es 4:15-17; Ps 50:15; 91:15; Pr 3:5,6; Isa 37:4

Jer 33:3; Mt 18:12,19; Ac 4:24-31; 12:4; Ro 15:30; 2Ti 4:17,18

of the God of heaven. Chal. from before God. Daniel and hisfellows should not perish. or, they should not destroy Daniel, etc.

Ge 18:28; Mal 3:18; 2Pe 2:9

was.

22,27-29; 4:9; 2Ki 6:8-12; Ps 25:14; Am 3:7; 1Co 2:9,10

in.

7:7; Nu 12:6; Job 4:13; 33:15,16; Mt 2:12,13

Blessed.

Ge 14:20; 1Ki 8:56; 1Ch 29:10,20; 2Ch 20:21; Ps 41:13; 50:23

Ps 72:18,19; 103:1,2; 113:2; 115:18; 145:1,2

for wisdom.

21-23; 1Ch 29:11,12; Job 12:13,16-22; Ps 62:11; 147:5; Pr 8:14

Jer 32:19; Mt 6:13; Jude 1:24; Re 5:12

he changeth.

9; 7:25; 11:6; 1Ch 29:30; Es 1:13; Job 34:24-29; Ps 31:14,15

Ec 3:1-8; Jer 27:5-7

he removeth.

4:17,32; 1Sa 2:7,8; Job 12:18; Ps 75:5,6; 113:7,8; Pr 8:15,16

Lu 1:51,52; Ac 13:21,22; Re 19:16

he giveth.

Ex 31:3,6; 1Ki 3:8-12,28; 4:29; 10:24; 1Ch 22:12; 2Ch 1:10-12

Pr 2:6,7; Lu 21:15; 1Co 1:30; Jas 1:5,17; 3:15-17

revealeth.

11,28,29; Ge 37:5-9; 41:16,25-28; Job 12:22; Ps 25:14

Isa 41:22,26; 42:9; Mt 13:13; Ro 16:25,26; 1Co 2:9-11; Eph 3:5

he knoweth.

Job 26:6; Ps 139:11,12; Jer 23:24; Lu 12:2,3; Joh 21:17; 1Co 4:5

Heb 4:13

and the.

5:11,14; Ps 36:9; 104:2; Joh 1:9; 8:12; 12:45,46; 1Ti 6:16; Jas 1:17

1Jo 1:5

thank.

1Ch 29:13; Ps 50:14; 103:1-4; Isa 12:1; Mt 11:25; Lu 10:21

Joh 11:41

O thou.

Ge 32:9-11; Ex 3:15; 1Ki 8:57; 18:36; 1Ch 29:10; 2Ch 20:6

who hast.

20,21; Pr 8:14; 21:22; 24:5; Ec 7:19; 9:16,18

and hast.

18,29,30; Ge 18:17; Ps 25:14; Am 3:7; Joh 15:15; Re 1:1; 5:5

Arioch.

Destroy.

12,13; Ac 27:24

brought.

Pr 24:11; Ec 9:10

I have. Chal. That I have. captives of Judah. Chal.children of the captivity of Judah.

1:6; 6:13; Ne 7:6; 1Co 1:27,28

Daniel.

1:7; 4:8,19; 5:12

Art.

3-7; 4:18; 5:16; Ge 41:15; 1Sa 17:33

cannot.

2,10,11; 5:7,8; Job 5:12,13; Isa 19:3; 44:25; 47:12-14

a God.

Ps 115:3; Mt 6:9

that revealeth.

18,47; Ge 40:8; 41:16; Isa 41:22,23; Am 4:13

maketh known. Chal. hath made known. in the.

10:14; Ge 49:1; Nu 24:14; De 4:30; 31:19; Isa 2:2; Jer 30:24; 48:47

Eze 38:8,16; Ho 3:5; Mic 4:1,2; 2Ti 3:1; Heb 1:1; 2Pe 3:3

came into thy mind. Chal. came up.

Eze 38:10

he that.

22,28,47; Am 4:13

this secret.

Ge 41:16; Ac 3:12; 1Co 15:8-12

but.

17,18,49; Isa 43:3,4; 45:4; Mt 24:22; Mr 13:20; Ro 8:28

1Co 3:21-23; 2Co 4:15

their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to theking. or, the intent that the interpretation may be made known to the king. and.

sawest. Chal. wast seeing. and the.

7:3-17; Mt 4:8; Lu 4:5

terrible.

Isa 13:11; 25:3-5; Eze 28:7; Hab 1:7

head.

37,38; 4:22,30; 7:4; Isa 14:4; Jer 51:7; Re 17:4

breast.

39; 7:5; 8:3,4; 11:2

belly.

39; 7:6; 8:5-8; 11:3-20

thighs. or, sides.

40-43; 7:7,8,19-26

a stone.

44,45; 7:13,14,27; Ps 118:22; Isa 28:16; Zec 12:3; Mt 16:18

Ac 4:11; 1Pe 2:7; Re 11:15

was cut.

8:25; Zec 4:6; Joh 1:13; 2Co 5:1; Heb 9:24

without hands. or, which was not in hands.

which.

Ps 2:8-12; 110:5,6; 149:6-9; Isa 60:12; Zec 12:3; Re 17:14

Re 19:11-21

like.

Ps 1:4,5; Isa 17:13,14; 41:15,16; Ho 13:3; Mic 4:13

no place.

Job 6:17; Ps 37:10,36; 103:16; Re 12:8; 20:11

became.

Isa 2:2,3; Mic 4:1,2

and filled.

Ps 22:27; 46:9; 66:4; 67:1,2; 72:16-19; 80:9,10; 86:9; Isa 11:9

Zec 14:8,9; 1Co 15:25; Re 11:15; 20:2,3

23,24

a king.

1Ki 4:24; Ezr 7:12; Isa 10:8; 47:5; Jer 27:6,7; Eze 26:7; Ho 8:10

Re 1:5; 17:14

the God.

4:25,32; 5:18; 2Ch 36:23; Ezr 1:2; Pr 8:15; Jer 28:14; Re 19:16

power.

4:3,34; Ps 62:11; Mt 6:13; Joh 19:11; Re 4:11; 5:12

the beasts.

4:21,22; Ps 50:10,11; Jer 27:5-7

Thou art.The Chaldean monarchy, over which Nebuchadnezzar was the only king of note; in whose time it extended over Chaldea, Assyria, Arabia, Syria, Egypt, and Libya: the head of gold represented its immense riches.

another kingdom.The empire of the Medes and Persians, whose union was denoted by the breast and two arms of silver; and which was established on the ruins of that of the Chaldeans on the capture of Babylon by Cyrus, B.C. 538.

32; 5:28-31; 7:5; 8:3,4,20; 11:2; Isa 44:28; 45:1-5

another third.The empire of the Macedonians, or "brazen-coated Greeks," aptly denoted by the belly and thighs of brass, founded by Alexander the Great, who terminated the Persian monarchy by the overthrow of Darius Codomanus at Arbela, B.C. 331

32; 7:6,7,23; 8:5-14; 10:20; 11:3-20; Zec 6:3,6

the fourth.The Roman empire, which comprised nearly the whole world.

33; 7:19-26; 8:24; 9:26; 11:36-45; Joh 11:48

forasmuch.

7:7; Jer 15:12; Am 1:3

the feet.

33-35; 7:7,24; Re 12:3; 13:1; 17:12

the toes.

Da 7:24; Re 13:1

broken. or, brittle.

one to another. Chal. this with this. even.The Roman empire became weakened by a mixture of barbarous nations, by the incursions of whom it was torn asunder about the fourth century after Christ, and at length divided into ten kingdoms, answering to the ten toes of the image.

in the days. Chal. in their days.That is, in the days of one of these kingdoms, (see Ru 1:1,) i.e, the Roman; in which the "God of heaven set up" the spiritual kingdom of the Messiah, which shall yet "become a great mountain, and fill the whole earth."

the God.

28,37

set up.

Ge 49:10; Ps 2:6-12; 72:1-20; 89:3,4,19-36; 110:1-4; Isa 9:6,7

Mt 3:2,3; 28:18; Eph 1:20-22

which shall never.

4:3,34; 6:26; 7:13,14; Ps 145:13; Eze 37:25; Mic 4:7; Lu 1:32,33

Joh 12:34; Re 11:15

kingdom. Chal. kingdom thereof. break.

8:25; Ps 2:9; 21:8,9; Isa 60:12; 1Co 15:24,25; Re 2:27; 19:15-20

thou sawest.

24,35; Isa 28:16; Zec 12:3; Mt 21:24