Daniel 1:1 NIV,NKJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 1:1-7

We have in these verses an account, I. Of the first descent which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, made upon Judah and Jerusalem, in the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim, and his success in that expedition (Dan. 1:1, 2): He besieged Jerusalem, soon made himself master of it, seized the king, took whom he pleased and what he pleased away with him, and then left Jehoiakim to reign as tributary to him, which he did about eight years longer, but then rebelled,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 1:1

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah ,.... At the close of it, and at the beginning of the fourth, which was the first of Nebuchadnezzar, Jeremiah 25:1 . Jerusalem seems to have been taken twice in his time, and two captivities in it: the first was in the third or fourth year of his reign; when humbling himself, he was restored to his kingdom, though he became a tributary to the king of Babylon; Daniel and his companions, who were carried captive with him, were... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 1:1

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim - This king was raised to the throne of Judea in the place of his brother Jehoahaz, by Pharaoh-necho, king of Egypt, 2 Kings 23:34-36 , and continued tributary to him during the first three years of his reign; but in the fourth, which was the first of Nebuchadnezzar, Jeremiah 25:1 , Nebuchadnezzar completely defeated the Egyptian army near the Euphrates, Jeremiah 46:2 ; and this victory put the neighboring countries of Syria, among which... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 1:1

Verse 1 These are not two different things, but the Prophet explains and confirms the same sentiments by a change of phrase, and says that the vessels which Nebuchadnezzar had brought into the land of Shinar were laid up in the house of the treasury. The Hebrews, as we know, generally use the word “house” for any place, as they call the temple God’s “house ” Of the land of Shinar, it must be remarked, that it was a plain adjacent to Babylon; and the famous temple of Belus, to which the Prophet... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 1:1

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim King of Judah . After the defeat and death of Josiah, the people of the land put on the throne Jehoahaz, or Shallum ( Jeremiah 22:11 ), one of the sons of their late monarch ( 2 Kings 23:30 ). We see, by comparing 2 Kings 23:31 with 2 Kings 23:36 , that in taking Jehoahaz to be their king they had passed over the law of primogeniture. The reason of this would not unlikely be that he represented the policy of his father Josiah, which may... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 1:1-2

National retribution. I. HE WHO KNOWS NOTHING OF GOD MAY BE THE UNCONSCIOUS INSTRUMENT OF THE DIVINE WILL . Nebuchadnezzar, who has never heard of the Hebrew prophecies, fulfils their solemn predictions. This throws some light on God's providential relations to evil. 1 . The motives which prompt a bad man to an action may be different from the motives which incline God to permit it. God may permit the action of selfish cruelty because he sees it will issue... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 1:1-2

Decadence of Israel. I. THE TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY LODGED IN KINGS . We sometimes speak of Oriental monarchs as holding an irresponsible sceptre, by which we simply mean that there is no earthly tribunal before which they can be cited; yet, in reality, they are the appointed guardians of a nation's well-being, and are responsible to the supreme Sovereign of heaven. The morals, the religion, the temper, the habits of a monarch have always been eminently contagious. Evil results... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 1:1-4

Administration serving and served. "And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs," etc. The introduction should perhaps clear up the chronology of Daniel 1:1 ; give succinctly the history of the deportation to Babylon; and describe the temple of Bel, in which the treasures were deposited (see Rawlinson's 'Anc. Mon.,' 3:343). After this, two topics demand attention. I. THE AIM OF GOVERNMENT . Nebuchadnezzar had an eye for intellectual wealth as well as material.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 1:1-7

EXPOSITION OCCASION OF DANIEL BEING IN BABYLON . read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 1:1

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem - This event occurred, according to Jahn (“History of the Hebrew Commonwealth”), in the year 607 b.c., and in the 368th year after the revolt of the ten tribes. According to Usher, it was in the 369th year of the revolt, and 606 b.c. The computation of Usher is the one generally received, but the difference of a year in the reckoning is not material. Compare Michaelis, Anmerkung, zu 2... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 1:1-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 1:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 1:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 1:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 1:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 1:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 1:1-2

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 1:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 1:1-7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 1:1

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