Daniel 2:36-45 NIV

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 2:36

This is the dream ,.... Which Nebuchadnezzar dreamed, but had forgot, and was now punctually and exactly made known to him; for the truth of which he is appealed unto; for, no doubt, by this account, the whole of his dream, and every circumstance of it, were brought to his mind: and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king ; for though both the dream, and the interpretation of it, were only revealed to Daniel; yet he joins his companions with him, partly because they were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:37

Thou, O king, art a king of kings ,.... Having many kings subject and tributary to him, or would have; as the kings of Judah, Ammon, Moab, and others, and who were even his captives and prisoners; see Jeremiah 52:32 . Jarchi and Saadiah join this with the next clause, "the God of heaven", and interpret it of him thus, thou, O King Nebuchadnezzar, "the King of kings, who is the God of heaven, hath given unto thee", &c.; so some in the Talmud understand it of God F11 T. Bab. Shebuot,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:38

And wheresoever the children of men dwell ,.... Not in every part of the habitable world, but in every part of his large dominion inhabited by men: the beasts of the field, and the fowls of the heaven, hath he given into thine hand ; all parks, chases, and forests (so that none might hunt or hawk without his permission), as well as the persons and habitations of men, were at his dispose; showing the despotic power and sovereign sway he had over his subjects: and hath made thee ruler... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:39

And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee ,.... This is the kingdom of the Medes and Persians, signified by the breasts and arms of silver, an inferior metal to gold; this rose up, not immediately after the death of Nebuchadnezzar, but after his successors, when Belshazzar his grandson was slain, and Babylon taken by Cyrus; now though this monarchy was as large at the first as the Babylonish monarchy, nay, larger, as it had Media and Persia added to it, new conquests made... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:40

And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron ,.... This is not the kingdom of the Lagidae and Seleucidae, the successors of Alexander, as some have thought; for these are designed by the thighs in the third kingdom; and, besides, the kingdom of Christ was to arise in the time of this fourth kingdom, which it did not in that; nor the kingdom of Gog, or the empire of the Turks, as Saadiah, Aben Ezra, and Jarchi; but the Roman empire, which is compared to iron for its strength, firmness, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:41

And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potter's clay, and part of iron ,.... That is, some of the toes of the feet were of iron, and others of them of clay: these toes, which are ten, as the toes of men are, design the ten kings or kingdoms, into which the western Roman empire was divided, by the coming in of the Goths, and Hunns, and Vandals, into it; and are the same with the ten horns of the beast, and the ten kings which gave their kingdoms to it, Revelation 13:1 ; see Gill... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:42

And as the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of clay ,.... Or some of them of iron, and so were strong and powerful, as some of these kingdoms were; and some of clay, and so were weak and easily crushed, and did not stand long: so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken ; this is not unfitly interpreted by some of the two fold power which has prevailed in these ten kingdoms, through the policy of the pope of Rome, the secular and ecclesiastic power; the latter... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:43

And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay ,.... That is, iron among the clay; otherwise iron and clay will not mix and cement together, as is affirmed in the latter part of the verse; but as some of these toes were of iron, and others of clay, or some part of them were iron, and some part of them of clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men ; the Romans shall mix with people of other and many nations that shall come in among them, and unite in setting up kingdoms;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:44

And in the days of these kings , &c.; Not of the Babylonian, Persian, and Grecian kings; nor, indeed, of the old Roman kings, or emperors; but in the days of these ten kings, or kingdoms, into which the Roman empire is divided, signified by the ten toes, of different power and strength. Indeed the kingdom of Christ began to be set up in the times of Augustus Caesar, under whom Christ was born; and of Tiberius, under whom he was crucified; and was continued and increased in the reigns of... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:36

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:37

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:38

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:39

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:40

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:41

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:42

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:43

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 2:44

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