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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Daniel 2:46

Worshipped. — This act is of an entirely different nature from such as are mentioned Genesis 33:7; 1 Kings 1:16. The Hebrew word employed here is always used (e.g., Isaiah 46:6) of paying adoration to an idol. Probably the king imagined that the gods were dwelling in Daniel in a higher sense from that in which they dwelt with his other wise men, and worshipped them on account of the marvellous revelation which they had vouchsafed to him through the means of Daniel.

Oblation. — That is, the unbloody offering customary among the Babylonians; some honour different from the present mentioned in Daniel 2:48.

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