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  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.

VERSE 1
- in.
   * Da 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.

- See on
   * Jer 25:1
- Nebuchadnezzar.
   * :3; 4:5 Ge 40:5-8; 41:1-36 Job 33:15-17
- and his.
   * Da 6:18 Es 6:1

VERSE 2 
 - See on ch.
   * Da 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
VERSE 3
    * :1 Ge 40:8; 41:15

VERSE 4 
 - 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.
   * Da 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.
   * Da 4:7; 5:8 Ge 41:8 Isa 44:25

VERSE 5 
 - 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.

   * Da 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

VERSE 6 
 - ye shall.
   * :48; 5:7,16,29 Nu 22:7,17,37; 24:11
- rewards.  or, fee.
   * Da 5:17 *marg:

VERSE 7 
 - Let.
   * :4,9 Ec 10:4

VERSE 8 
 - gain.  Chal. buy.
   * Eph 5:16 Col 4:5

VERSE 9 
 - there is.
   * Da 3:15 Es 4:11
- 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

VERSE 10 
 - magician.
   * :10,27; 4:7,9; 5:11
- Chaldean.  i.e., inhabitant of Chaldea.  See
   * Da 5:30
- Also see
   * :5,10; 3:8; 4:7; 5:7,11

VERSE 11 
 - 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
VERSE 12
    * Da 3:13 Job 5:2 Ps 76:10 Pr 16:14; 19:12; 20:2; 27:3,4; 29:22
   * Mt 2:16; 5:22

VERSE 13 
 - the decree.
   * Da 6:9-15 Es 3:12-15 Ps 94:20 Pr 28:15-17 Isa 10:1
- and they.
   * Da 1:19,20; 6:12

VERSE 14 
 - 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

VERSE 15 
 - made.
   * :9

VERSE 16 
 - and desired.
   * :9-11; 1:18,19

VERSE 17 
 - Hananiah.
   * Da 1:7,11; 3:12

VERSE 18 
 - they would.
   * Da 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 his
  fellows should not perish.  or, they should not destroy
  Daniel, etc.
   * Ge 18:28 Mal 3:18 2Pe 2:9

VERSE 19 
 - was.
   * :22,27-29; 4:9 2Ki 6:8-12 Ps 25:14 Am 3:7 1Co 2:9,10
- in.
   * Da 7:7 Nu 12:6 Job 4:13; 33:15,16 Mt 2:12,13

VERSE 20 
 - 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

VERSE 21 
 - 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.
   * Da 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

VERSE 22 
 - 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.
   * Da 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

VERSE 23 
 - 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

VERSE 24 
 - Arioch.
   * :15
- Destroy.
   * :12,13 Ac 27:24

VERSE 25 
 - brought.
   * Pr 24:11 Ec 9:10
- I have.  Chal. That I have.  captives of Judah.  Chal.
  children of the captivity of Judah.
   * Da 1:6; 6:13 Ne 7:6 1Co 1:27,28

VERSE 26 
 - Daniel.
   * Da 1:7; 4:8,19; 5:12
- Art.
   * :3-7; 4:18; 5:16 Ge 41:15 1Sa 17:33

VERSE 27 
 - cannot.  See on ver.
   * :2,10,11; 5:7,8 Job 5:12,13 Isa 19:3; 44:25; 47:12-14

VERSE 28 
 - 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.
   * Da 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

VERSE 29 
 - came into thy mind.  Chal. came up.
   * Eze 38:10
- he that.
   * :22,28,47 Am 4:13

VERSE 30 
 - 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 the
  king.  or, the intent that the interpretation may be made
  known to the king.  and.
   * :47

VERSE 31 
 - sawest.  Chal. wast seeing.  and the.
   * Da 7:3-17 Mt 4:8 Lu 4:5
- terrible.
   * Isa 13:11; 25:3-5 Eze 28:7 Hab 1:7

VERSE 32 
 - 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.
VERSE 33
    * :40-43; 7:7,8,19-26

VERSE 34 
 - 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.
   * Da 8:25 Zec 4:6 Joh 1:13 2Co 5:1 Heb 9:24
- without hands.  or, which was not in hands.
   * :45
- which.
   * Ps 2:8-12; 110:5,6; 149:6-9 Isa 60:12 Zec 12:3 Re 17:14
   * Re 19:11-21

VERSE 35 
 - 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
VERSE 36
    * :23,24

VERSE 37 
 - 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.
   * Da 4:25,32; 5:18 2Ch 36:23 Ezr 1:2 Pr 8:15 Jer 28:14 Re 19:16
- power.
   * Da 4:3,34 Ps 62:11 Mt 6:13 Joh 19:11 Re 4:11; 5:12

VERSE 38 
 - the beasts.
   * Da 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.

- See on ver.
   * :32

VERSE 39 
 - 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

VERSE 40 
 - 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.
   * Da 7:7 Jer 15:12 Am 1:3

VERSE 41 
 - the feet.  See on ver.
   * :33-35; 7:7,24 Re 12:3; 13:1; 17:12

VERSE 42 
 - the toes.
   * Da 7:24 Re 13:1
- broken.  or, brittle.

VERSE 43 
 - 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.  The
  ten toes represent ten yet future kings.  They cannot
  represent ten barbarous tribes which overthrew the Roman
  empire, because Da 7:24 specifies they must come from inside
  the empire, whereas the barbarous tribes came from outside
  the old Roman empire.
   * Da 7:7,8,23,24 Re 13:1-18; 17:12-17

VERSE 44 
 - 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.  See on ver.
   * :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.
   * Da 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.
   * Da 8:25 Ps 2:9; 21:8,9 Isa 60:12 1Co 15:24,25 Re 2:27; 19:15-20

VERSE 45 
 - thou sawest.
   * :24,35 Isa 28:16 Zec 12:3 Mt 21:24
- without hands.  or, which was not in hands.
   * :34 Lu 17:20 2Co 10:4,5
- the great.
   * De 10:17 2Sa 7:22 1Ch 16:25 Ne 4:14; 9:32 Job 36:26 Ps 48:1
   * Ps 96:4; 135:5; 145:3 Jer 32:18,19 Mal 1:11 Re 19:17
- make known.
   * Ge 41:28,32 Mt 24:35 Re 1:19; 4:1
- hereafter.  Chal. after this.

VERSE 46 
 - fell.
   * Lu 17:16 Ac 10:25; 14:13; 28:6 Re 11:16; 19:10; 22:8
- and sweet.
   * Le 26:31 Ezr 6:10

VERSE 47 
 - a God.
   * Da 11:36 De 10:17 Jos 22:22 Ps 136:2
- a Lord.  See on ver.
   * :37; 4:17,32 Job 12:19 Ps 2:10,11; 72:11; 82:1 Pr 8:15,16
   * 1Ti 6:15 Re 1:5; 17:14; 19:16
- a revealer.
   * :19,28; 4:8,9 Ge 41:39 Am 3:7

VERSE 48 
 - a great.
   * :6; 5:16 Ge 41:39-43 Nu 22:16,17; 24:11 1Sa 17:25; 25:2 2Sa 19:32
   * 2Ki 5:1 Job 1:3 Jer 5:5
- ruler.
   * Da 5:29; 6:1,2
- and chief.
   * Da 4:9; 5:11

VERSE 49 
 - he set.
   * :17; 1:17; 3:12-30 Pr 28:12
- sat.
   * Es 2:19,21; 3:2 Jer 39:3 Am 5:15



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