The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar,.... The name given him by the prince of the eunuchs, Da 1:7, and by which he was known to Nebuchadnezzar; and very likely he called him now by this name, which is the reason of its being mentioned:art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?
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Daniel 2:26
Daniel 2:26
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible · John Gill (1697–1771) · Public Domain
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