AND. Thus linking on this chapter of momentous prophecy with Daniel 1, which is pure history. THE SECOND YEAR: 495 B.C. (Daniel's eighteenth year). Therefore Jehoiakim's fifth year, the year of the burning of the roll which marked the official rejection of Jehovah. Hence Nebuchadnezzar's dream. Dan... [ Continue Reading ]
TO CALL, &C. = to send for. This tells us of the religious system of Babylonia, of which subsequent Jewish commentators and Greek translators would know little or nothing. There were six classes of the Chaldean priesthood. MAGICIANS. Hebrew. _chartummim._ Connected with the _kharutu_ (the sceptre)... [ Continue Reading ]
I HAVE DREAMED. Contrast this with Daniel's vision, in the Structure on p. 1178; and note the other recorded dreams (Genesis 20:3). WAS. is.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN SYRIACK. Hebrew. _'aramith =_ Aramaic. The insertion of this word here is to call our attention to the fact that what follows is written not in Hebrew, but in Aramaic, as far as the end of Daniel 7. See note on the Structure, p. 1178; and note the other Aramaic portions (Ezra 4:8 Ezra 6:18 with E... [ Continue Reading ]
THING. The dream. GONE FROM ME. Referring to the forgotten dream. CUT... MADE. DUNGHILL. Compare Daniel 3:29; Ezra 6:11. A further mode of punishment, from the Medo-Persians, in Daniel 6:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
REWARDS. Chaldee. _nebizbah_. a present.... [ Continue Reading ]
GAIN THE TIME. gain time. It may have reference to that day being an unlucky day. Compare Esther 3:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
EARTH. Chaldee. _beshta' =_ dry ground.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT. Is emphatic. They held that there were gods who dwelt in men. But these were beyond mortal men altogether... [ Continue Reading ]
WISE MEN: i.e. the members of all the classes collectively, mentioned in Daniel 2:2 above. Chaldee. _chakam,_ denoting acquired wisdom.... [ Continue Reading ]
FELLOWS. companions.... [ Continue Reading ]
COUNSEL AND WISDOM. prudence and discretion. ARIOCH. An ancient Babylonian name, preserved and handed down from Genesis 14:1. _Iri_. _Aku_. GUARD. executioners. Compare Genesis 37:36; Genesis 39:1; Genesis 40:3; 2 Kings 25:8; Jeremiah 39:9.... [ Continue Reading ]
GIVE HIM TIME. appoint him. time.... [ Continue Reading ]
HANANIAH, &C. See note on Daniel 1:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
MERCIES. great mercy. Figure of speech _Heterosis_ (of Number), App-6. OF. from before. THE GOD OF HEAVEN. See note on 2 Chronicles 36:23. SECRET. Chaldee. _raz,_ which the Septuagint renders _musterion._ Occurs in O.T. only here, in verses: Daniel 2:18; Daniel 2:19; Daniel 2:27, Dan 18:28, Dan 1... [ Continue Reading ]
ANSWERED AND SAID. See note on Deuteronomy 1:41. FOR EVER AND EVER. from age to age. See App-151.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE CHANGETH, &C. Compare Daniel 2:9; Daniel 7:25; 1 Chronicles 29:30; Job 34:24; Psalms 31:14; Psalms 31:15.Ecclesiastes 3:1; Jeremiah 27:5. SECRET. hidden. Chaldee. _sathar._ Not the same word as in... [ Continue Reading ]
BELTESHAZZAR. See note on Daniel 1:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
MAKETH. hath made. Compare Daniel 2:29. IN THE LATTER DAYS. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 49:1.Numbers 24:14.Deuteronomy 4:30; Deuteronomy 32:29). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]
CAME. came up.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR THEIR SAKES... INTERPRETATION. to the intent that the interpretation. SHALL. should.... [ Continue Reading ]
SAWEST. wast looking. FORM. appearance.... [ Continue Reading ]
HEAD. Note the five parts: (1) the head; (2) the breast and arms; (3) the belly and the thighs; (4) the legs; (5) the feet. These five are preserved distinct throughout. Compare: Daniel 2:34, and Daniel 2:38, and Daniel 2:45. GOLD... CLAY (Daniel 2:33). Note that the most precious metal, and the hig... [ Continue Reading ]
A STONE. See note on Psalms 118:22. WITHOUT HANDS. An expression always emphasizing the absence of all human instrumentality and the act of God alone. See Daniel 2:45; Daniel 8:25.Job 34:20; Lamentations 4:6. Compare Acts 7:48; Acts 17:24; Acts 17:25;... [ Continue Reading ]
IRON, THE CLAY, &C. Note the order differently given to distinguish the five (not the four), answering to the five parts of the image in Daniel 2:32, and the five kingdoms, verses: Daniel 2:32 _, Daniel 2:33; Daniel 2:35; Daniel 2:45._ gold, iron, iron, silver, clay, brass, brass, brass, clay, iron... [ Continue Reading ]
A KINGDOM. The O.T. is not designed to be. compendium of "ancient history". It is the history of Jehovah's People, Israel; and other nations are referred to only as, and in so far as, they come into connection with Israel. Babylon was the most ancient of kingdoms (Genesis 10:10). Compare Deuteronomy... [ Continue Reading ]
CHILDREN. sons. HATH HE GIVEN. According to His word (Jeremiah 27:6; Jeremiah 27:7; Jeremiah 28:14, &c. Compare Daniel 1:2 and Ezekiel 26:7. THOU. Nebuchadnezzar. ART. art represented by. Figure of speech _Metaphor._ App-6. HEAD: i.e. the first of these five kingdoms, not the first king of Babyl... [ Continue Reading ]
ARISE. stand up. Chaldee. _kum_. to begin to exist. See note on Exodus 1:8. ANOTHER. The kingdom of Medo-Persia, which succeeded Babylon by occupying Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 36:22). INFERIOR. As silver is inferior to gold, in value and in specific gravity (see note on Daniel 2:32) so the second kin... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FOURTH: i.e. Rome (Luke 2 and Luke 3). Observe that it does not say there were "four, and no more", as alleged; but "the fourth". An _ordinal_ number, not _cardinal._ The Chaldee is _rebi aya_. (text), or _rebi a'ah_ (margin). fourth, as in Daniel 3:25; Daniel 7:7; Daniel 7:19; Daniel 7:23. Not.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEREAS, &C. The fifth power is now to be described (the "feet and toes"). It came into possession of Jerusalem in A.D. 636 (Rome having held the city for 666 years: namely, from the battle of Actium 31 B.C.. A.D. 636). Its character as described in Daniel 2:41 is exact; and, as represented by t... [ Continue Reading ]
PART. a portion [of them], or some of them. Chaldee. _min_. PARTLY. in part, or at the end. Chaldee. _ketzath,_ as in Daniel 4:29 (Hebrew, verse 26), Daniel 4:34 (Hebrew, verse 31). Occurs only in these three places. Compare the Hebrew _kezath_ (Daniel 1:2 with Daniel 1:5; Daniel 1:15; Daniel 1:18)... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY: i.e. the toes. IS NOT MIXED. mingleth not.... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE KINGS. Represented by the ten toes: i.e. in their days, at the end of the time of the _fifth_ power. Compare Revelation 17:12. That is the moment of the great stone, and of the coming of Messiah. FOR EVER. to the ages. See App-151.... [ Continue Reading ]
OBLATION. a gift offering. App-43.... [ Continue Reading ]
IS. He [is]. LORD. Chaldee Adonai. App-4.... [ Continue Reading ]
MADE DANIEL. GREAT MAN. exalted Daniel. GOVERNORS. prefects, or nobles. Chaldee. _signin._ Occurs in Dan. only here, Daniel 3:2; Daniel 3:3; Daniel 3:27. and Daniel 6:7.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHADRACH, &C. See note on Daniel 1:7. BUT DANIEL SAT IN THE GATE, &C. See note on Esther 2:19.... [ Continue Reading ]