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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 2:8

‘The king answered and said, “I know of a certainty that you want to gain time, because you see that the word has gone forth from me (or ‘that the thing is certain’). But if you do not make known to me the dream, there is but one law for you. For you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, until the time be changed (i.e. until something comes along to change things). Therefore tell me the dream and I will know that you can show me its interpretation.” ’ The king was adamant.... 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

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

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Daniel 2:8

This ye do in policy, to escape punishment; when taken up with other affairs, I may forget to make further inquiry after this thing, but it shall not serve your turn. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Daniel 2:1-19

HOMILETICSSECT. V.—THE ANSWERED PRAYER (Chap. Daniel 2:1-19).We come to the first of the visions given to Daniel. The occasion of it was a dream of Nebuchadnezzar, of which it was required to give both the description and the interpretation. The vision thus in harmony with Daniel’s situation in Babylon, where pretensions to such wisdom and ability prevailed; a confirmation of the genuineness of the book. One object of the vision to elevate Daniel still higher in the king’s esteem and in the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:1-23

Daniel 2:1-23 I. The narrative sets before us the value of united prayer. II. We have an illustration here of the power of gratitude. III. We have an illustration of the devout humility of genuine piety. IV. We have an illustration of faithful friendship. When Daniel was exalted, he did not forget his companions. W. M. Taylor, Daniel the Beloved, p. 20. References: Daniel 2:1 . R. Payne-Smith, Homiletic Magazine, vol. vi., p. 45; Homiletic Quarterly, vol. v., p. 267. read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:1-49

Chapter 2Now in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep was taken from him. Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to show the king his dream. So they came and they stood before the king. And the king said unto them, I've dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. So the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Syriac ( Daniel 2:1-4... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Daniel 2:1-49

Daniel 2:1 . In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar, after he ascended the throne, according to the Chaldaic account, which was the fourth according to the Hebrew account. Nebuchadnezzar is thought by some to have reigned awhile with his father, as Solomon did with David. He is called king when he first came against Jerusalem. 2 Chronicles 36:6. Daniel 2:2 . Call the hariolites or aruspices, those who used incantations, being diviners. The magicians, those who affected to know all the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Daniel 2:8

Daniel 2:8I know of certainty that ye would gain the time.A Meditation for the New YearThe magicians wished to gain time, hoping that the king might remember his dream, or that something might happen to extricate them from the dreadful dilemma. Notice the two main thoughts and the suggestions suitable to the season. I. TIME IS ON MAN’S SIDE. We are often made to feel that Men of the world know how precious sometimes is an extension of credit for a month, a week, a day, even an hour. Give the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Daniel 2:7

Dan 2:7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it. Ver. 7. They answered again and said, Let the king, &c. ] Thus these proud boasters vaunt of a false gift, and become like "clouds without rain," as Solomon hath it. Pro 25:14 See Daniel 2:4 . read more