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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 4:1-3

Here is, I. Something of form, which was usual in writs, proclamations, or circular letters, issued by the king, Dan. 4:1. The royal style which Nebuchadnezzar makes use of has nothing in it of pomp or fancy, but is plain, short, and unaffected?Nebuchadnezzar the king. If at other times he made use of great swelling words of vanity in his title, how he laid them all aside; for he was old, he had lately recovered from a distraction which had humbled and mortified him, and was now in the actual... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 4:1

Nebuchadnezzar the king ,..... This and the two following verses are annexed to the preceding chapter in the Hebrew Bible, and in the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions; as if the author of the division of the chapters thought that Nebuchadnezzar proposed by this public proclamation to celebrate the praise of the Lord, on account of the wonderful deliverance of the three Jews from the fiery furnace; whereas they are a preface to a narrative of a dream, and an event which concerned... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:1

Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people - This is a regular decree, and is one of the most ancient on record; and no doubt was copied from the state papers of Babylon. Daniel has preserved it in the original language. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:1

Verse 1 Some join these verses to the end of the third chapter, but there is no reason for this; and it will clearly appear from the context that the edict is here set forth in the king’s name, and other events are inserted. Daniel, therefore, here, speaks in the person of the king; he afterwards narrates what happened to the king, and then returns to his own person. Those who separate these three verses from the context of the fourth chapter, do not seem to have sufficiently considered the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 4:1

(Aramaic ch. 3:31).— Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. The Septuagint has a different reading here, "The beginning of the letter of Nebuchadnezzar the king to all peoples and tongues dwelling in the whole earth: Peace to you be multiplied." In this reading, the first clause is the heading of all that follows, and the document itself begins with, "Peace to you be multiplied." The absence of the opening... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 4:1-3

The testimony of experience. It is interesting to observe that the account of Nebuchadnezzar's great humiliation comes from the lips of the king himself, without a word of comment by his servant Daniel. While the conduct of the prophet teaches us to regard the chastisement of other people with a similar courtesy of reserve, that of the king should remind us of the duty and utility of frankly confessing the lessons of our own experience. I. THE DESIRE TO GLORIFY GOD AT THE ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 4:1-3

The comeliness of confession. "To me it seemed comely to declare the signs and the wonders that God Most High for me hath wrought" ( Daniel 4:2 amended translation). The history of the king's insanity is told, not by the Prophet Daniel, but in a state paper, under the hand of the king, and quoted by the prophet. The edict is true to human nature and to the king's character. The following motives may have influenced him: 1 . Gratitude. 2 . Conscience. It was right to admit sin and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 4:1-3

Royal witness for God. Even kings learn the humiliating lesson at last that they are but men. As a counterpoise to their advantages, there is, on their side, this great disadvantage, viz. that their minds are singularly impervious to appeals from God. A drawback this which more than counterweighs all their privilege. I. GOD 'S BEST GIFTS ARE OFTEN CONVEYED TO MEN THROUGH PAINFUL CHANNELS , God "causeth his sun to shine on the evil and the good. He sendeth rain... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 4:1-37

EXPOSITION THE MADNESS OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR . We follow here the division of chapters which we find in our English Version, and as, indeed, in all modern versions. The Aramaic concludes the third chapter with the three verses which are placed in our version at the beginning of the fourth chapter. The arrangement of the Aramaic is followed by the Septuagint, by Theodotion, and by Jerome. The Peshitta and Paulus Tellensis follow the more logical division. Luther divides the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 4:1

Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people ... - The Syriac here has, “Nebuchadnezzar the king wrote to all people, etc.” Many manuscripts in the Chaldee have שׁלח shâlach, “sent,” and some have כתב kethab, “wrote;” but neither of these readings are probably genuine, nor are they necessary. The passage is rather a part of the edict of the king than a narrative of the author of the book, and in such an edict the comparatively abrupt style of the present reading would be what would be adopted. The... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 4:1-3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 4:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 4:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 4:1

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 4:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 4:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 4:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 4:1-37

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 4:1

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