Daniel 5:13-31 NVIPT

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 5:10-29

Here is, I. The information given to the king, by the queen-mother, concerning Daniel, how fit he was to be consulted in this difficult case. It is supposed that this queen was the widow of Evil-Merodach, and was that famous Nitocris whom Herodotus mentions as a woman of extraordinary prudence. She was not present at the feast, as the king's wives and concubines were (Dan. 5:2); it was not agreeable to her age and gravity to keep a merry night. But, tidings of the fright which the king and his... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 5:30-31

Here is, 1. The death of the king. Reason enough he had to tremble, for he was just falling into the hands of the king of terrors, Dan. 5:30. In that night, when his heart was merry with wine, the besiegers broke into the city, aimed at the palace; there they found the king, and gave him his death's wound. He could not find any place so secret as to conceal him, or so strong as to protect him. Heathen writers speak of Cyrus's taking Babylon by surprise, with the assistance of two deserters... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 5:13

Then was Daniel brought in before the king ,.... Proper officers being sent to seek and find him; and having fetched him from his house or apartment where he lived, which seems to have been in the city of Babylon, though not very probably at court as formerly, he was introduced in form into the king's presence; and the king spake and said unto Daniel, art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry ? by which it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 5:14

I have even heard of thee ,.... Very probably he had heard often of him, though he did not think fit to honour him, and use him with that familiarity his grandfather had; or however he had now just heard of him by the queen, whose encomiums of him he recites in her own words: that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee ; which are the express words of his mother, Daniel 5:11 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 5:15

And now the wise men; the astrologers, have been brought in before me ,.... For it seems they came not of themselves, or upon hearing his loud cry; but were sent for by him, and came by his orders, and were introduced into his presence by the proper officers: that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof ; pointing to the writing upon the wall: but they could not show the interpretation of the thing ; nor even read it; though it may be some of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 5:16

And I have heard of thee ,.... That is, by the queen, which he repeats for the sake of observing what she had said of him, and which gave him encouragement to send for him: that thou canst make interpretations ; of dreams, and of things hard to be understood: and dissolve doubts ; untie knots, solve difficulties, and answer hard and intricate questions: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof ; that which is upon the wall before thee,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 5:17

Then Daniel answered and said before the king ,.... With great freedom, boldness, and intrepidity: let thy gifts be to thyself ; remain with thee; I neither want them, nor desire them; nor will I receive them on condition of reading and interpreting the writing: and give thy rewards to another ; which he had promised to those that could read and interpret the handwriting on the wall; even to be clothed with scarlet, have a golden chain, and be the third ruler in the kingdom. It may... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 5:18

O thou king ,.... "Hear" F20 So Pagninus, Munster. , O king; so Aben Ezra supplies it; what he was about to say first, in order to prepare him for the meaning of the handwriting, and the cause of it; or, "thou knowest", as Saadiah supplies it; namely, what follows: the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom : a very large one, which reached to the ends of the earth: this was not to be ascribed to his predecessor that left it to him; or to his victorious arms, which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 5:19

And for the majesty that he gave him ,.... The greatness of his power, the largeness of his dominions, and the vast armies he had at his command: all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him ; not only those that were subject to him, but those that had only heard of him: who dreaded his approach unto them, and their falling into his victorious hands, and being made vassals to him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive ; he ruled in an arbitrary... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 5:20

But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened it pride ,.... When his heart was elated with his successes and victories, with the enlargement of his dominions, and with his grandeur and glory he had arrived unto; and his pride increased yet more, till he was strengthened and hardened in it: or, "to deal proudly" F21 להזדה "ad superbe agendum", Junius & Tremellius; "ad superbiendum", Piscator, Michaelis; "ut superbe ageret", Cocceius. ; and behave haughtily to God and... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 5:10-29

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 5:30-31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 5:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 5:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 5:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 5:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 5:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 5:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 5:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 5:20

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