Daniel 2:1, Nebuchadnezzar, forgetting his dream, requires it of the Chaldeans, by promises and threatenings; Daniel 2:10, They acknowledging their inability are judged to die; Daniel 2:14, Daniel obtaining some respite finds the dream; Daniel 2:19, He blesses God; Daniel 2:24, He staying the decree is brought to the king; Daniel 2:31, The dream; Daniel 2:36, The interpretation; Daniel 2:46, Daniel’s advancement.
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Daniel 2
Daniel 2 — Overview
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Daniel 2 — OverviewDaniel 2 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleIt was said (ch. i. 17) that Daniel had understanding in dreams; and
here we have an early and eminent instance of it, which soon made him
famous in the court of Babylon, as Joseph by the same means came to be…Daniel 2 — OverviewDaniel 2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThe subject of this chapter is a dream which Nebuchadnezzar had dreamed, but had forgot; upon which he calls his magicians and astrologers together, to tell him it, and the interpretation of it; threatening them with…Daniel 2:1-13Daniel 2:1-13 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe meet with a great difficulty in the date of this story; it is said
to be in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, v. 1. Now
Daniel was carried to Babylon in his first year, and, it should seem,
he…Daniel 2:1Daniel 2:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryAnd in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. The versions only differ verbally from the Massoretic text as…Daniel 2:1Daniel 2:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryA king troubled with bad dreams.
In accordance with the wide cosmopolitan interests with which the Book of Daniel is concerned, we are introduced thus early to the troubles of the Babylonian court. The most striking…Daniel 2:1-13Daniel 2:1-13 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe revelation lost.
"My spirit was troubled to know the dream" (Daniel 2:3). Since the word "and," at the beginning of this chapter, links it with Daniel 1:21, i.e. Daniel's public life with Daniel's preparation, it…