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Verse 23. _I THANK THEE AND PRAISE THEE_] No wonder he should feel
gratitude, when God by this merciful interference had saved both the
life of him and his fellows; and was about to reflect the highes...
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I THANK THEE, AND PRAISE THEE, O THOU GOD OF MY FATHERS - By his
“fathers” here, Daniel refers doubtless to the Jewish people in
general, and not to his own particular ancestors. The meaning of the
ph...
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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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DANIEL VOLUNTEERS TO EXPLAIN THE DREAM. To save the magicians from
their doom, Daniel offers to tell the king his dream and prays to God
to make the thing clear to him.
DANIEL 2:14. ARIOCH: Eri-Aku ...
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Daniel's thanksgiving for the great mercy vouchsafed to him....
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THEE, O GOD _of my fathers_, DO I THANK _and_ PRAISE] -God of my
fathers," i.e., the same as of old, unchanged among the changes of
human generations, and still able to help and defend His servants....
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WHO HAST GIVEN— _Because thou hast given._...
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II. DANIEL'S DECLARATIONDaniel 2:17-35
a. PRAYER
TEXT: Daniel 2:17-24
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Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah,
Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
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that they wo...
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I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast
given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we
desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's
m...
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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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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...
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לָ֣ךְ ׀ אֱלָ֣הּ אֲבָהָתִ֗י מְהֹודֵ֤א
וּ מְשַׁבַּח֙...
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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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WISDOM GRANTED IN THE HOUR OF NEED
Daniel 2:14-35
The action of Daniel in this supreme crisis is very instructive. He
reckoned absolutely on God, and in his chivalrous endeavor to save the
lives of t...
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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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I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my (l) fathers, who hast
given me wisdom and (m) might, and hast made known unto me now what we
desired of thee: for thou hast [now] made known unto us the...
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Behold, Reader! the prevalency of prayer. Oh! what hath not prayer
with faith in Christ wrought? When God the Holy Ghost gives a spirit
of prayer, and leads the soul in Jesus into the very retirings o...
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Daniel turns his discourse to God. _I confess to thee, _says he, _O
God of my fathers, and praise thee _Here he more openly distinguishes
the God of the Israelites from all the fictions of the nations...
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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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I THANK THEE, AND PRAISE THEE, O THOU GOD MY FATHERS,.... His remote
ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and more near progenitors, to
whom God had made promises, and revealed his secrets in time pa...
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I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast
given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we
desired of thee: for thou hast [now] made known unto us the king's...
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_Then was the secret revealed_ It is generally thought that this
secret was revealed to Daniel only, and that in sleep, by a dream, or,
as it is here termed, a night vision. _Then Daniel blessed the G...
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I thank Thee and praise Thee, O Thou God of my fathers, of the
patriarchs of the Jewish nation, WHO HAST GIVEN ME WISDOM AND MIGHT
AND HAST MADE KNOWN UNTO ME NOW WHAT WE DESIRED OF THEE, that for
whi...
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Daniel Prepares to Interpret The King's Dream...
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14-23 Daniel humbly prayed that God would discover to him the king's
dream, and the meaning of it. Praying friends are valuable friends;
and it well becomes the greatest and best men to desire the pr...
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Here he gives his God another distinguishing title from all the gods
of the heathen, he calls him the God of his fathers, meaning the
covenant made with Abraham, &c., to whom and their seed God reveal...
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Daniel 2:23 I H576 thank H3029 (H8683) praise H7624 (H8743) God H426
fathers H2 given H3052 ...
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“I thank you and praise you, O you who are the God of my fathers,
who has given me wisdom and might, and has now made known to me what
we desired of you. For you have made known to us the king's matte...
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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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_Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and
ever._
DANIEL’S PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
Such a prayer sheds a flood of light upon the character of the man who
utters it. It was addr...
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_HOMILETICS_
SECT. VI.—THE THANKSGIVING (Chap. Daniel 2:19)
The part of faith not only to pray but to look out for an answer.
Daniel prayed in the firm expectation that, if for God’s glory, an
answer...
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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 Chronicles 29:10; 1 Chronicles 29:13; 1 Kings 18:36; 1 Kings 8:57;...