Daniel 2:1-23

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 2:23

“I thank you and praise you, O you who are the God of my fathers, who has given me wisdom and might, and has now made known to me what we desired of you. For you have made known to us the king’s matter.” Having been lost in wonder and awe at the greatness of God, he now acknowledged His goodness, and was filled with gratitude and praise. While he knew the urgency of the matter before him he knew that he must first express his gratitude for what God had done. God had revealed to him what he and... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 2:1-13

Daniel 2:1-1 Chronicles : . The Forgotten Dream.— Nebuchadnezzar, troubled by a dream which had escaped him, calls his magicians and orders them to recover it and explain its meaning. When they declare their inability, he issues orders that they are to be put to death. Daniel 2:1 . in the second year: this statement seems to be in conflict with Daniel 1:5; Daniel 1:18, which imply that Daniel spent three years in training. Driver suggests that the discrepancy can be explained thus: We know... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 2:14-24

Daniel 2:14-Jeremiah : . Daniel Volunteers to Explain the Dream.— To save the magicians from their doom, Daniel offers to tell the king his dream and prays to God to make the thing clear to him. Daniel 2:14 . Arioch: Eri-Aku (“ Servant of the Moon-god,” see on Daniel 2:17), an old Sumerian (p. 51) name which, according to Sayce, was not in use in the time of Nebuchadnezzar. It occurs in Genesis 14:1, whence many scholars think our author derived it.— captain of the guard: lit. “ captain of... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Daniel 2:1

In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Heb. in the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, for this was properly in the fifth year of that king’s reign and of Daniel’s captivity, and the ninth year of Jehoiakim; but in the second year after Daniel had by his three years’ preparation been brought before the king and approved, then the king dreamed. Dreamed dreams; it was one dream, but of many parts, therefore called dreams; chiefly for what follows. His spirit was troubled; by reason of the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Daniel 2:2

The magicians and the astrologers: these words signify astrologers, or those that cast nativities, that pretended great skill in natural and supernatural things; and the sorcerers, or necromancers, were those who used diabolical arts. See Poole "Exodus 7:11"; See Poole "Exodus 22:18", See Poole "Deuteronomy 18:10". Though Pharaoh and Nebuchadnezzar made use of these as their great counsellors, yet God baffled them by Moses and Daniel; and forbade his people the use or toleration of them,... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Daniel 2:3

He remembered the fact in general, but could not repeat it perfectly, much less know the meaning of it; yet it had left such an impression on him, as put him into great perplexity. The Lord hath ways to affright the greatest men in the world, in the midst of their security and jollity. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Daniel 2:4

In Syriac; that is, in the Chaldee tongue, for Syria or Aram is taken in a large sense sometimes, containing Assyria, Babylon, Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, Palestine, 2 Kings 18:26, and from hence to the 8th chapter all is written in the Chaldee language, and not Hebrew, because it most concerned that people, and from thence in Hebrew again. O king, live for ever: this was a salutation to princes of old, 1 Samuel 10:24; 1 Kings 1:25; their meaning was, Let him live a long happy life, for thus the... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Daniel 2:5

The thing is gone from me: this was of God, that these impostors should be made infamous, by detecting their ignorance and their arrogance, and that this should be a step to Daniel’s honour, for knowing the king’s dream and interpreting it, neither of which the Chaldeans could do. With the interpretation thereof: if they do not both, saith the king. Cut in pieces, and your houses, & c, this was a usual punishment in those parts of the world; thus Samuel cut Agag in pieces, 1 Samuel 15:33; 1... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Daniel 2:6

As I threatened you with death for not doing, I promise you rewards and honour if ye perform it. This is in the power of princes, as they think, but all this would not do; therefore they are still where they were, they answered the king again. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Daniel 2:7

But this the king could not do; they could not tell the dream, and the king could not, yet both require impossibilities. read more

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