Daniel 2:21-38 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 2:14-23

When the king sent for his wise men to tell them his dream, and the interpretation of it (Dan. 2:2), Daniel, it seems, was not summoned to appear among them; the king, though he was highly pleased with him when he examined him, and thought him ten times wiser than the rest of his wise men, yet forgot him when he had most occasion for him; and no wonder, when all was done in a heat, and nothing with a cool and deliberate thought. But Providence so ordered it; that the magicians being nonplussed... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 2:24-30

We have here the introduction to Daniel's declaring the dream, and the interpretation of it. I. He immediately bespoke the reversing of the sentence against the wise men of Babylon, Dan. 2:24. He went with all speed to Arioch, to tell him that his commission was now superseded: Destroy not the wise men of Babylon. Though there were those of them perhaps that deserved to die, as magicians, by the law of God, yet here that which they stood condemned for was not a crime worth of death or of... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 2:31-45

Daniel here gives full satisfaction to Nebuchadnezzar concerning his dream and the interpretation of it. That great prince had been kind to this poor prophet in his maintenance and education; he had been brought up at the king's cost, preferred at court, and the land of his captivity had hereby been made much easier to him than to others of his brethren. And now the king is abundantly repaid for all the expense he had been at upon him; and for receiving this prophet, though not in the name of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:21

And he changeth the times and the season ,.... Not only of day and night, summer and winter, and times and seasons of prosperity and adversity; but all the changes and revolutions in states and kingdoms, in all times and ages, are from him; and particularly those pointed at in the following dream, in the Babylonian, Persian, Grecian, and Roman monarchies: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings ; he is King of kings, and Lord of lords; by him they reign, and continue on their thrones, as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:22

He revealeth the deep and secret things ,.... The purposes of his own heart, which are the deep things of God, and the secrets that belong to him, and which are opened in providence by the execution of them; the "arcana imperii", or secrets of state, committed to men designed for government; the secrets or mysteries of grace, the deep things of the Gospel, made known to Gospel ministers; and particularly the deep and impenetrable secret of the king's dream, and the interpretation of it,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:23

I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God my fathers ,.... His remote ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and more near progenitors, to whom God had made promises, and revealed his secrets in time past, and still continued his favours to Daniel; for which he was abundantly thankful, and owned and confessed the goodness of God to him, and praised him on account of it: who hast given me wisdom and might ; or "strength" F19 גבורתא "fortitudinem", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus; "robur",... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:24

Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch ,.... Into his apartments at court, or wherever he was in quest of the wise men, of which Daniel had knowledge; this he did as soon as the secret was revealed to him, though not before he had given thanks to God: whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon ; this is a description of Arioch, from the office assigned him by King Nebuchadnezzar, who had appointed him to see this his will and pleasure accomplished: he went and said... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:25

Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste ,.... As knowing how impatient the king was to have his dream, and the interpretation of it, told him; and how pleasing this would be to him, and be a means of ingratiating and establishing him in his affections, as well as for the sake of saving the lives of the wise men: and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah : as if he had made it his business to inquire after a man capable of answering the king's... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:26

The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar ,.... The name given him by the prince of the eunuchs, Daniel 1:7 , and by which he was known to Nebuchadnezzar; and very likely he called him now by this name, which is the reason of its being mentioned: art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof ? this he said, either as doubting and questioning, or as admiring that one so young should be able to do that, which his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:27

Daniel answered in the presence of the king ,.... Boldly, and without fear: and said, the secret which the king hath demanded : so he calls it, to show that it was something divine, which came from God, and could only be revealed by him, and was not to be found out by any art of man: cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers show unto the king ; this he premises to the revelation of the secret, not only to observe the unreasonableness of the king's demand... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 2:14-23

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 2:24-30

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 2:31-45

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:25

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:27

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