Daniel 2:20-30 ESV

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 2:25

Daniel convinced Arioch that he could identify the king’s dream and interpret it. The king’s commander therefore ushered Daniel into Nebuchadnezzar’s presence and presented him as someone Arioch had discovered, among the exiles of Judah of all people! Obviously the commander hoped to put himself in the king’s favor and to enjoy some of the reward that Daniel would receive. Arioch had great confidence in Daniel. If Daniel failed, Arioch would suffer the king’s wrath. Actually, Daniel had sought... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 2:26-27

Arioch had focused on Daniel as the solution to the king’s problem. Nebuchadnezzar viewed him the same way. Daniel, however, quickly redirected the king’s attention from himself and placed it where it belonged, on God who revealed the future. No human being, neither the Babylonian wise men nor himself, could provide what the king required. Daniel used a new name for one of these groups of seers here: "diviners," meaning astrologers. [Note: See Leupold, p. 105.] They tried to draw information... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 2:29-30

Daniel then related the king’s dream and its interpretation. He proceeded to remind Nebuchadnezzar that before he had fallen asleep, he had been thinking about the future. The dream that God had given him was a divine revelation of what that future would hold."No dream [recorded or referred to in the Bible], before this or since, has ever revealed so much of world history." [Note: Feinberg, pp. 34-35.] Daniel then assured the king again, that it was the true God who was responsible for this... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 2:1-49

Nebuchandezzar’s Dream-ImageNebuchadnezzar in his second year had a dream, which he required the wise men of his court to describe and interpret on pain of death. They said this was beyond their power, but professed their readiness to explain the dream if the king would tell them its nature. Nebuchadnezzar persisted in his first demand, and as the wise men could not satisfy him he gave orders that they should be slain (Daniel 2:1-13). Daniel, however, interposed and asked that the execution of... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Daniel 2:20

(20) Blessed be the name.—Daniel’s prayer is for the most part framed upon the model of scriptural language, while on the other hand it appears to have been adapted to their own special needs by later pious servants of God. The Doxology, with which it commences, is founded upon the liturgical formula concluding Psalms 41:0, the substance of it being repeated by Nehemiah (Nehemiah 9:5). read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Daniel 2:21

(21) Changeth times—i.e., He orders the events which occur at different times and seasons. Daniel refers to the dream which had been recently revealed to him, in which the changes of future times and seasons were depicted in so marvellous a way. “Times” are opposed to “seasons,” as circumstances of time may be contrasted with epochs of time. (Comp. Daniel 7:12.)He removeth.—Comp. 1 Samuel 2:8.Wisdom . . .—Comp. Jeremiah 32:19.The wise—i.e., wise men generally. Wise men become what they are, not... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Daniel 2:22

(22) He revealeth.—Comp. Job 12:22.He knoweth.—Comp. Psalms 139:12.The light dwelleth.—Perhaps “illumination” rather than “light” expresses the actual meaning. Man himself requires illumination from an external source. This source is God, the “sun of man’s soul,” in Whom light dwells as if He were a palace, and in “His light do we see light” (Psalms 36:9). read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Daniel 2:23

(23) Who hast given me.—The Hebrew perfect represents what has already occurred and still continues. (See Jeremiah 2:2.) The wisdom spoken of here does not refer to the dream, but to the same subjects as in Daniel 1:7.God of my fathers.—Comp. 1 Kings 18:36, Psalms 105:0 God dealt gloriously with Israel of old. He continues to be faithful to His promises to Israel by blessing Daniel’s education in secular subjects, and finally by the dream. Observe that to Daniel each appears alike supernatural,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Daniel 2:24

(24) Therefore—i.e., now that he knows the dream and the interpretation. Daniel approached the king through Arioch, for it is probable that the Babylonian custom, like the Persian (Esther 5:1) or Median (Herod. i. 99), did not permit any persons except the principal officers of state to have direct access to the royal presence. We must suppose that in Daniel 2:16 (where see Note) Daniel approached the king as he does here, through Arioch, the captain of the guard.Destroy not.—Observe Daniel’s... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Daniel 2:25

(25) I have found.—It is not strictly true that Arioch had diligently searched for any interpreters of the king’s dream. However, the circumstances mentioned in Daniel 2:16; Daniel 2:24, warrant the language which he uses. read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 2:25

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 2:26-27

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Daniel 2:29-30

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Daniel 2:1-49

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Daniel 2:20

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Daniel 2:21

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Daniel 2:22

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Daniel 2:23

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Daniel 2:24

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Daniel 2:25

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