John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 4:30
The king spake and said ,.... Either within himself, or to his nobles about him; or perhaps to foreigners he had took up with him hither to show the grandeur of the city: is not this great Babylon, that I have built ; he might well call it great, for, according to Aristotle F3 Politic. l. 3. c. 3. , it was more like a country than a city; it was, as Pliny F4 Nat. Hist. l. 6. c. 26. says, sixty miles in compass within the walls; and Herodotus F5 Clio, sive l. 1. c. 178. ... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 4:28-33
We have here Nebuchadnezzar's dream accomplished, and Daniel's application of it to him justified and confirmed. How he took it we are not told, whether he was pleased with Daniel or displeased; but here we have, I. God's patience with him: All this came upon him, but not till twelve months after (Dan. 4:29), so long there was a lengthening of his tranquility, though it does not appear that he broke off his sins, or showed any mercy to the poor captives, for this was still God's quarrel with... read more