daniel-2:24-26-niv

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:24

Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch. whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will show unto the king the interpretation. The differences in the versions from this are slight. The LXX .has ἔκαστα instead of σύγκρισιν , as if reading כֹל instead of פִשְׂרָא , an emendation due to the fact that the king had demanded from the wise men, not merely the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:24

A good man becomes both king and saviour. The actual king in the empire is not always the man who wears a diadem and occupies a stately seat. An astute statesman is often the real monarch. The poor man who, by his sagacity, delivered the city, was the veritable conqueror. The true servant of God becomes a king among men. See, for example, Joseph in Egypt, Moses in the desert, Samuel in Israel, Daniel in Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar was, at this moment, a captive, bound fast in the fetters of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:25

Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation. Save that the Septuagint has again ἕκαστα instead of σύγκρισιν or σύγκριμα , and Paulus Tellensis adds the adjective "wise" as a description of the man who had thus professed to satisfy the king, the versions agree with the Massoretic text. In regard to the Aramaic here, the use of the Eastern form of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:25-30

Needful preparations to receive Divine revelation. Subjective conditions of mind are requisite for objective truth to enter. Common light cannot penetrate walls of stone or iron shutters. The electric force will only circulate along proper conductors. And if material forces demand suitable conditions in which to perform their active mission, so much more does the spiritual force of truth require that the hand of the recipient shall be sensitive, candid, impressible. Such was the gross , ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:26

The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof? The variations in the versions are here unimportant, save that the Septuagint interpolates "in the Chaldee tongue" before the Babylonian name of Daniel. It is also to be noted that here, as throughout, the Babylonian name of Daniel, in beth the Greek versions, appears as βαλτάσαρ , the same form in which they give Belshazzar.... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 2:24

Therefore Daniel went in, unto Arioch - In view of the fact that the matter was now disclosed to him, he proposed to lay it before the king. This of course, he did not do directly, but through Arioch, who was entrusted with the execution of the decree to slay the wise men of Babylon. That officer would naturally have access to the king, and it was proper that a proposal to arrest the execution of the sentence should be made through his instrumentality. The Chaldee דנה כל־קבל kôl-qebēl denâh... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 2:25

Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste - The Chaldee word used here implies “in tumultuous haste,” as of one who was violently excited, or in a state of trepidation, from בהל bâhal - “to tremble, to be in trepidation.” The trepidation in this case may have arisen from one or both of two causes:(1) exultation, or joy, that the great secret was discovered; or(2) joy that the effusion of blood might be stayed, and that there might be now no necessity to continue the execution of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 2:26

The king answered, and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar - See the notes at Daniel 1:7. The “king” may have addressed him by this name, and probably did during this interview. This was the name, it would seem, by which he was known in Babylon - a name which implied honor and respectability, as being conferred on one whom it was supposed the principal Babylonian divinity favored.Art thou able to make known unto me the dream? - One of the first points in the difficulty was to recal “the... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 2:24-25

Daniel 2:24-25 . Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch Daniel, having been thus divinely instructed, was desirous to save the lives of the wise men of Babylon, who were unjustly condemned, as well as his own; and, being now prepared, he goes immediately to Arioch, and bespeaks the reversing of the sentence against them. Though there might be some among them, perhaps, who deserved to die, as magicians, by the law of God; yet that which they here stood condemned for was not a crime worthy of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 2:26-29

Daniel 2:26-29. The king said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar See note on Daniel 1:7; Art thou able to make known to me the dream? &c. The king seems to have questioned whether he could make his promise good. The less likely, however, it appeared to the king that Daniel should do this, the more God was glorified in enabling him to do it. Daniel answered, Cannot the wise men, &c. Daniel’s words, as here translated, bear the interrogative form; but not in the original. They... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:25

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:25-30

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 2:26

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 2:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 2:25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 2:26

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 2:24-25

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 2:26-29

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