Verse 2
the king sent . This great Durbar would hardly have taken place till after the campaign referred to in note on "came" (Daniel 1:1 ). It was therefore probably held about 475 B. C, in Daniel's thirty-eighth year, twenty years after Nebuchadnezzar's dream of himself, the "head of gold" (Daniel 2:0 ).
to gather together, &c . Note the eight technical terms. Well known to Daniel, but difficult for a Jew in Jer 300 years later to enumerate so minutely and so accurately.
princes = satraps.
governors . See note on Daniel 2:48 .
captains = pashas (as in Nehemiah 5:14 , Nehemiah 5:18 . Haggai 1:14 ), the first three being governmental.
judges = viziers, or chief judges.
treasurers: these two being courtiers.
counsellors = counsellors of State, judges. The same word as in Daniel 3:3 . Not the same word as in verses: Daniel 3:24 , Daniel 3:27 .
sheriffs = lawyers; these two being legal .
rulers, &c . = superintendents, being functional and general.
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