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AND IT IS A RARE THING THAT THE KING REQUIRETH - Chaldee, יקירה
_yaqqı̂yrâh_ - meaning, “choice, valuable, costly;” then,
“heavy, hard, difficult.” Greek, βαρύς _barus_. Vulgate,
“gravis - heavy, we...
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CHAPTER 2 NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S DREAM AND ITS INTERPRETATION
_ 1. The forgotten dream (Daniel 2:1)_
2. The prayer meeting in Babylon and the answer (Daniel 2:14)
3. Daniel before the king (Daniel 2:24)...
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THE FORGOTTEN DREAM. Nebuchadnezzar, troubled by a dream which had
escaped him, calls his magicians and orders them to recover it and
explain its meaning. When they declare their inability, he issues...
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NOT. Is emphatic. They held that there were gods who dwelt in men. But
these were beyond mortal men altogether...
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_rare_ DIFFICULT: properly _heavy_. The word has the same sense
sometimes in Syriac, as Exodus 18:18, in the Peshiṭtâ.
_requireth_ ASKETH (as Daniel 2:10), which indeed is all that the
translators of...
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The wise men profess their willingness to interpret the king's dream:
but protest that his demand that they should tell him what his dream
was is an extravagant one. Nebuchadnezzar, however, adheres t...
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b. DILEMMA OF THE DIVINERS
TEXT: Daniel 2:7-11
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They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants
the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
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The king answered and sai...
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And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none
other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose
dwelling is not with flesh.
THERE IS NONE OTHER THAT CAN SHOW IT BEF...
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2:11 extraordinary, (d-9) Or 'hard.' gods, (e-24) Aramaic, _ Elah_ ,
here in the plural....
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NEBUCHANDEZZAR'S DREAM-IMAGE
Nebuchadnezzar 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 powe...
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THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD
DANIEL
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 2
V1 When Nebuchadnezzar had been king for almost two years, he had
dreams. His mind was anxious and he could not sleep.
Verse 1 Nebuc...
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A RARE THING — _i.e.,_ a difficult matter. The difficulty is so
great, that the gods whose dwelling is not with flesh are alone able
to solve it. Here the reference is to a doctrine of Babylonian
theo...
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וּ מִלְּתָ֨א דִֽי ־מַלְכָּ֤ה שָׁאֵל֙
יַקִּירָ֔ה...
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THE DREAM-IMAGE OF RUINED EMPIRES
"With thee will I break in pieces rulers and captains." - Jeremiah
51:23
THE Book of Daniel is constructed with consummate skill to teach the
mighty lessons which it...
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THE FORGOTTEN DREAM
Daniel 2:1-13
This was the second year of Nebuchadnezzar's sole reign. At first he
was joint-governor with his father. From Daniel 2:4 b to Daniel 7:28
the Syriac language is empl...
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In the second year of his reign Nebuchadnezzar, troubled by dreams and
unable to sleep, called together his enchanters and sorcerers to
explain his dreams one of which troubled him especially. Their
d...
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_Men. They acknowledged greater and less gods. (Stanley, p. 13. Chap.
i.) --- They pretend not to have any communication with the superior
ones, (Calmet) and by their answer unguardedly bear testimony...
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No doubt, but that the Lord in his over-ruling providence, while
impressing the mind of the King with the importance of the dream
itself; yet made him so totally to forget the particulars of it by way...
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They add, that the object of the king’s inquiry surpassed the power
of human ingenuity. There is no doubt that they were slow to confess
this, because, as we said before, they had acquired the fame of...
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On the other hand, we see in the second chapter the mighty king of the
Gentiles made the depositary of the history of the Gentiles, and of
God's entire plan, as the recipient of these divine communica...
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AND IT IS A RARE THING THE KING REQUIRETH, e.] Meaning not scarce, or
seldom heard of for they had before asserted it never had been
required; but that it was hard and difficult, yea, with them, and a...
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And [it is] a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none
other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose
dwelling is not with flesh.
Ver. 11. _And it is a rare thing._] Exce...
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_The Chaldeans answered, There is not a man upon the earth that can
show the king's matter_ Here the wise men are driven to acknowledge
their inability, and their excuse is, that they could indeed tel...
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And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, most singular and
unusual, the like of which was not known in history, AND THERE IS NONE
OTHER THAT CAN SHOW IT BEFORE THE KING EXCEPT THE GODS, WHOSE D...
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THE DREAM OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR...
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1-13 The greatest men are most open to cares and troubles of mind,
which disturb their repose in the night, while the sleep of the
labouring man is sweet and sound. We know not the uneasiness of many...
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The Chaldeans bring three arguments to convince the king.
1. There is not a man upon earth can show the king's matter.
2. There is no king requires such a thing of any magician.
3. None but the gods...
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Daniel 2:11 difficult H3358 thing H4406 king H4430 requests H7593
(H8751) is H383 no H3809 other H321 tell...
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THE WISE MEN ADMIT THAT WHAT HE ASKS IS IMPOSSIBLE TO THEM AND COME
UNDER HIS FURY.
“The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, “There is not a
man on earth who can show what the king requires,...
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Daniel 2:1
I. The narrative sets before us the value of united prayer.
II. We have an illustration here of the power of gratitude.
III. We have an illustration of the devout humility of genuine pie...
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CONTENTS: Visions of Nebuchadnezzar and their results. The forgotten
dream and the failure of the astrologers. Daniel's interpretation
after prayer for wisdom.
CHARACTERS: Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel, Sha...
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Daniel 2:1. _In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar,_ after he ascended
the throne, according to the Chaldaic account, which was the fourth
according to the Hebrew account. Nebuchadnezzar is thought by...
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_HOMILETICS_
SECT. V.—THE ANSWERED PRAYER (_Chap_. Daniel 2:1).
We come to the first of the visions given to Daniel. The occasion of
it was a dream of Nebuchadnezzar, of which it was required to give...
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EXPOSITION
DANIEL 2:1
DANIEL FIRST BECOMES DISTINGUISHED.
DANIEL 2:1
And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar
dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was trou
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Now in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar
dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep was
taken from him. Then the king commanded to call the magicians...
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1 Kings 8:27; 2 Chronicles 6:18; 2 Corinthians 6:16; Daniel 2:27;...