Daniel 2:16-28

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Daniel 2:17

17. Here appears the reason why Daniel sought "time" ( :-), namely he wished to engage his friends to join him in prayer to God to reveal the dream to him. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Daniel 2:18

18. An illustration of the power of united prayer (Matthew 18:19). The same instrumentality rescued Peter from his peril (Matthew 18:19- :). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Daniel 2:19

19. revealed . . . in . . . night vision— (Job 33:15; Job 33:16). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Daniel 2:20

20. answered—responded to God's goodness by praises. name of God—God in His revelation of Himself by acts of love, "wisdom, and might" (Jeremiah 32:19). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Daniel 2:21

21. changeth . . . times . . . seasons—"He herein gives a general preparatory intimation, that the dream of Nebuchadnezzar is concerning the changes and successions of kingdoms" [JEROME]. The "times" are the phases and periods of duration of empires (compare Daniel 7:25; 1 Chronicles 12:32; 1 Chronicles 29:30); the "seasons" the fitting times for their culmination, decline, and fall (Ecclesiastes 3:1; Acts 1:7; 1 Thessalonians 5:1). The vicissitudes of states, with their times and seasons, are... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Daniel 2:22

22. revealeth— ( :-). So spiritually (Ephesians 1:17; Ephesians 1:18). knoweth what is in . . . darkness— (Psalms 139:11; Psalms 139:12; Hebrews 4:13). light . . . him— (James 1:17; 1 John 1:4). Apocalypse (or "revelation") signifies a divine, prophecy a human, activity. Compare 1 John 1:4- :, where the two are distinguished. The prophet is connected with the outer world, addressing to the congregation the words with which the Spirit of God supplies him; he speaks in the Spirit, but the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Daniel 2:23

23. thee . . . thee—He ascribes all the glory to God. God of my fathers—Thou hast shown Thyself the same God of grace to me, a captive exile, as Thou didst to Israel of old and this on account of the covenant made with our "fathers" (Luke 1:54; Luke 1:55; compare Luke 1:55- :). given me wisdom and might—Thou being the fountain of both; referring to Luke 1:55- :. Whatever wise ability I have to stay the execution of the king's cruel decree, is Thy gift. me . . . we . . . us—The revelation was... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Daniel 2:24

24. Therefore—because of having received the divine communication. bring me in before the king—implying that he had not previously been in person before the king (see on Daniel 2:16). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Daniel 2:25

25. I have found a man—Like all courtiers, in announcing agreeable tidings, he ascribes the merit of the discovery to himself [JEROME]. So far from it being a discrepancy, that he says nothing of the previous understanding between him and Daniel, or of Daniel's application to the king (Daniel 2:15; Daniel 2:16), it is just what we should expect. Arioch would not dare to tell an absolute despot that he had stayed the execution of his sanguinary decree, on his own responsibility; but would, in... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Daniel 2:27

27. cannot—Daniel, being learned in all the lore of the Chaldeans ( :-), could authoritatively declare the impossibility of mere man solving the king's difficulty. soothsayers—from a root, "to cut off"; referring to their cutting the heavens into divisions, and so guessing at men's destinies from the place of the stars at one's birth. read more

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