1 AND in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.
3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
6 But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.
7 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.
8 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
9 But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.
10 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.
11 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.
12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
13 And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
14 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:
15 He answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.
17 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
18 That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
19 Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
20 Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:
21 And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
22 He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.
23 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 matter.
24 Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.
25 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.
26 The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?
27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;
28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;
29 As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass.
30 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
31 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.
32 This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,
33 His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.
34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.
35 Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
36 This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise.
41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters’ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.
42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.
43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.
44 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.
45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
46 Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.
47 The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.
48 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.
49 Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.

1And in the second yeere of the reigne of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchad-nezzar dreamed dreames, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleepe brake from him.

2Then the King commanded to call the Magicians, and the Astrologers, and the Sorcerers, and the Caldeans, for to shew the King his dreames: so they came and stood before the king.

3And the King said vnto them, I haue dreamed a dreame, and my spirit was troubled to know the dreame.

4Then spake the Caldeans to the King in Syriacke; O king, liue for euer: tell thy seruants the dreame, and we will shew the interpretation.

5The King answered, and said to the Caldeans, The thing is gone from mee: if ye will not make knowen vnto me the dreame, with the interpretation thereof, yee shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shalbe made a dunghill.

6But if yee shewe the dreame, and the interpretation thereof, yee shall receiue of me giftes and rewards, and great honour: therefore shewe me the dreame, and the interpretation thereof.

7They answered againe, and said, Let the King tell his seruants the dreame, and we will shew the interpretation of it.

8The King answered, and said, I know of certeinty that ye would gaine the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.

9But if yee will not make knowen vnto me the dreame, there is but one decree for you: for ye haue prepared lying, and corrupt words to speake before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dreame, and I shall know that yee can shewe mee the interpretation thereof.

10 The Caldeans answered before the King, and said, There is not a man vpon the earth that can shew the kings matter: therefore there is no King, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any Magician, or Astrologer, or Caldean.

11And 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.

12For this cause the King was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

13And the decree went foorth that the wise men should be slaine, and they sought Daniel and his fellowes to be slaine.

14 Then Daniel answered with counsell and wisedome to Arioch the captaine of the Kings guard, which was gone foorth to slay the wise men of Babylon.

15Hee answered and said to Arioch the Kings captaine, Why is the decree so hastie from the King? Then Arioch made the thing knowen to Daniel.

16Then Daniel went in and desired of the King, that hee would giue him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.

17Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing knowen to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah his companions:

18That they would desire mercies of the God of heauen concerning this secret, that Daniel and his fellowes should not perish with the rest of the Wise men of Babylon.

19 Then was the secret reuealed vnto Daniel in a night vision: then Daniel blessed the God of heauen.

20Daniel answered and said; Blessed be the name of God for euer and euer: for wisedome and might are his:

21And he changeth the times and the seasons: he remoueth Kings, and setteth vp Kings: he giueth wisedome vnto the wise, and knowledge to them that know vnderstanding.

22He reuealeth the deepe and secret things: hee knoweth what is in the darknes, & the light dwelleth with him.

23I thanke thee and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast giuen me wisedome and might, and hast made knowen vnto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made knowen vnto vs the kings matter.

24 Therefore Daniel went in vnto Arioch whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus vnto him, Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew vnto the king the interpretation.

25Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, & said thus vnto him, I haue found a man of the captiues of Iudah, that will make knowen vnto the king the interpretation.

26The King answered and said to Daniel whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make knowen vnto me the dreame which I haue seene, and the interpretation thereof?

27Daniel answered in the presence of the King, and said, The secret which the King hath demanded, cannot the wise men, the astrologians, the magicians, þe southsaiers shew vnto the king:

28But there is a God in heauen that reuealeth secrets, and maketh knowen to the king Nebuchad-nezzar, what shalbe in the latter dayes. Thy dreame, and the visions of thy head vpon thy bed, are these.

29As for thee, O King, thy thoughts came into thy minde vpon thy bed, what should come to passe hereafter: and he that reuealeth secrets, maketh knowen to thee, what shall come to passe.

30But as for me, this secret is not reuealed to me, for any wisdome that I haue more then any liuing, but for their sakes that shall make knowen the interpretation to the King, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.

31 Thou, O King, sawest, and behold a great image: this great image whose brightnesse was excelleut, stood before thee, and the forme thereof was terrible.

32This images head was of fine gold, his breast and his armes of siluer, his belly and his thighes of brasse:

33His legs of yron, his feete part of yron, and part of clay.

34Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image vpon his feete that were of yron and clay, and brake them to pieces.

35Then was the yron, the clay, the brasse, the siluer, and the golde broken to pieces together, and became like the chaffe of the summer threshing floores, and the wind caried them away, that no place was found for them: & the stone that smote the image became a great mountaine, and filled the whole earth.

36 This is the dreame, and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the King.

37Thou, O King, art a king of Kings: for the God of heauen hath giuen thee a kingdome, power, and strength, and glory.

38And wheresoeuer the children of men dwel, the beasts of the field, and the foules of the heauen hath he giuen into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler ouer them all: thou art this head of gold.

39And after thee shall arise an other kingdome inferiour to thee, and another third kingdome of brasse, which shall beare rule ouer all the earth.

40And the fourth kingdome shall be strong as yron: forasmuch as yron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things; and as yron that breaketh all these, shall it breake in pieces and bruise.

41And whereas thou sawest the feete and toes, part of potters clay, and part of yron: the kingdome shalbe diuided, but there shalbe in it of the strength of the yron, forasmuch as thou sawest the yron mixt with myrie clay.

42And as the toes of the feete were part of yron, and part of clay; so the kingdome shall be partly strong, and partly broken.

43And whereas thou sawest yron mixt with myrie clay, they shall mingle themselues with the seede of men: but they shall not cleaue one to an other, euen as yron is not mixed with clay.

44And in the daies of these Kings shall the God of heauen set vp a kingdome, which shall neuer be destroyed: and the Kingdome shall not be left to other people, but it shall breake in pieces, and consume all these kingdomes, and it shall stand for euer.

45Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountaine without hands, and that it brake in pieces the yron, the brasse, the clay, the siluer, and the gold: the great God hath made knowen to the King what shall come to passe hereafter, & the dreame is certaine, and the interpretation thereof sure.

46 Then the King Nebuchadnezzar fell vpon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation, and sweet odours vnto him.

47The King answered vnto Daniel and said, Of a trueth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of Kings, and a reuealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reueale this secret.

48Then the King made Daniel a great man, and gaue him many great gifts, & made him ruler ouer the whole prouince of Babylon, and chiefe of the gouernours ouer all the wise men of Babylon.

49Then Daniel requested of the King, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego ouer the affaires of the prouince of Babylon: but Daniel sate in the gate of the King.

I == Gen 41:8 ; Esth 6:1 ; Dan 4:5 ; 6:18

II == Gen 41:8 ; Ex 7:11 ; Dan 5:7

IV == 1st Kings 1:31 ; Dan 3:9 ; 5:10 ; 6:6 , 21

V == 2nd Kings 10:27 ; Ezra 6:11 ; Dan 3:29

VI == Dan 2:48 ; 5:16-17

VIII == Eph 5:16

IX == Esth 4:11

XI == Dan 2:28 ; 5:11

XIV == Gen 37:36

XVIII == Matt 18:19

XIX == Num 12:6 ; Job 33:15-16

XX == Ps 113:2 ; 115:18 ; Jer 32:19

XXI == 1st Chr 29:30 ; Esth 1:13 ; Job 12:18 ; Ps 75:6-7 ; Jer 27:5 ; Dan 4:17 ; 7:25 ; 11:6 ; James 1:5

XXII == Job 12:22 ; Ps 25:14 ; 139:11-12 ; Dan 2:28-29 ; 5:11 , 14 ; Heb 4:13 ; James 1:17

XXIII == Dan 2:18

XXVIII == Gen 40:8 ; 41:16 ; 49:1 ; Dan 2:18 , 47 ; Amos 4:13

XXIX == Dan 2:22 , 28

XXX == Gen 41:16 ; Dan 2:47 ; Acts 3:12

XXXII == Dan 2:38-39

XXXIV == Dan 2:45 ; 8:25 ; Zech 4:6 ; 2nd Cor 5:1 ; Heb 9:24

XXXV == Ps 1:4 ; 37:10 , 36 ; 80:9 ; Isa 2:2-3 ; Hos 13:3

XXXVII == Ezra 1:2 ; 7:12 ; Isa 47:5 ; Jer 27:6-7 ; Ezek 26:7 ; Hos 8:10

XXXVIII == Jer 27:6 ; Dan 2:32 ; 4:21-22

XXXIX == Dan 2:32 ; 5:28 , 31

XL == Dan 7:7 , 23

XLI == Dan 2:33

LIV == Ps 2:9 ; Isa 28:16 ; 60:12 ; Dan 2:28 , 35 ; 4:3 , 34 ; 6:26 ; 7:14 , 27 ; Mic 4:7 ; Luke 1:32-33 ; 1st Cor 15:24

LVI == Ezra 6:10 ; Acts 10:25 ; 14:13 ; 28:6

LVII == Dan 2:28

LVIII == Dan 2:6 ; 4:9 ; 5:11

LIX == Esth 2:19 , 21 3:2 ; Dan 3:12

1 In the second year of his reign, King Nebuchadnezzar had a dream which left his spirit no rest and robbed him of his sleep.

2 So he ordered that the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and Chaldeans be summoned to interpret the dream for him. When they came and presented themselves to the king,

3 he said to them, "I had a dream which will allow my spirit no rest until I know what it means."

4 The Chaldeans answered the king (Aramaic): "O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream and we will give its meaning."

5 The king answered the Chaldeans, "This is what I have decided: unless you tell me the dream and its meaning, you shall be cut to pieces and your houses destroyed.

6 But if you tell me the dream and its meaning, you shall receive from me gifts and presents and great honors. Now tell me the dream and its meaning."

7 Again they answered, "Let the king tell his servants the dream and we will give its meaning."

8 But the king replied: "I know for certain that you are bargaining for time, since you know what I have decided.

9 If you do not tell me the dream, there can be but one decree for you. You have framed a false and deceitful interpretation to present me with till the crisis is past. Tell me the dream, therefore, that I may be sure that you can also give its correct interpretation."

10 The Chaldeans answered the king: "There is not a man on earth who can do what you ask, O king; never has any king, however great and mighty, asked such a thing of any magician, enchanter, or Chaldean.

11 What you demand, O king, is too difficult; there is no one who can tell it to the king except the gods who do not dwell among men."

12 At this the king became violently angry and ordered all the wise men of Babylon to be put to death.

13 When the decree was issued that the wise men should be slain, Daniel and his companions were also sought out.

14 Then Daniel prudently took counsel with Arioch, the captain of the king's guard, who had set out to kill the wise men of Babylon:

15 "O officer of the king," he asked, "what is the reason for this harsh order from the king?" When Arioch told him,

16 Daniel went and asked for time from the king, that he might give him the interpretation.

17 Daniel went home and informed his companions Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

18 that they might implore the mercy of the God of heaven in regard to this mystery, so that Daniel and his companions might not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

19 During the night the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a vision, and he blessed the God of heaven:

20 "Blessed be the name of God forever and ever, for wisdom and power are his.

21 He causes the changes of the times and seasons, makes kings and unmakes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who understand.

22 He reveals deep and hidden things and knows what is in the darkness, for the light dwells with him.

23 To you, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, because you have given me wisdom and power. Now you have shown me what we asked of you, you have made known to us the king's dream."

24 So Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, "Do not put the wise men of Babylon to death. Bring me before the king, and I will tell him the interpretation of the dream." Arioch quickly brought Daniel to the king and said,

25 "I have found a man among the Judean captives who can give the interpretation to the king."

26 The king asked Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, "Can you tell me the dream that I had, and its meaning?"

27 In the king's presence Daniel made this reply: "The mystery about which the king has inquired, the wise men, enchanters, magicians, and astrologers could not explain to the king.

28 But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and he has shown King Nebuchadnezzar what is to happen in days to come; this was the dream you saw as you lay in bed.

29 To you in your bed there came thoughts about what should happen in the future, and he who reveals mysteries showed you what is to be.

30 To me also this mystery has been revealed; not that I am wiser than any other living person, but in order that its meaning may be made known to the king, that you may understand the thoughts in your own mind.

31 "In your vision, O king, you saw a statue, very large and exceedingly bright, terrifying in appearance as it stood before you.

32 The head of the statue was pure gold, its chest and arms were silver, its belly and thighs bronze,

33 the legs iron, its feet partly iron and partly tile.

34 While you looked at the statue, a stone which was hewn from a mountain without a hand being put to it, struck its iron and tile feet, breaking them in pieces.

35 The iron, tile, bronze, silver, and gold all crumbled at once, fine as the chaff on the threshing floor in summer, and the wind blew them away without leaving a trace. But the stone that struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.

36 "This was the dream; the interpretation we shall also give in the king's presence.

37 You, O king, are the king of kings; to you the God of heaven has given dominion and strength, power and glory;

38 men, wild beasts, and birds of the air, wherever they may dwell, he has handed over to you, making you ruler over them all; you are the head of gold.

39 Another kingdom shall take your place, inferior to yours, then a third kingdom, of bronze, which shall rule over the whole earth.

40 There shall be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron; it shall break in pieces and subdue all these others, just as iron breaks in pieces and crushes everything else.

41 The feet and toes you saw, partly of potter's tile and partly of iron, mean that it shall be a divided kingdom, but yet have some of the hardness of iron. As you saw the iron mixed with clay tile,

42 and the toes partly iron and partly tile, the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly fragile.

43 The iron mixed with clay tile means that they shall seal their alliances by intermarriage, but they shall not stay united, any more than iron mixes with clay.

44 In the lifetime of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that shall never be destroyed or delivered up to another people; rather, it shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and put an end to them, and it shall stand forever.

45 That is the meaning of the stone you saw hewn from the mountain without a hand being put to it, which broke in pieces the tile, iron, bronze, silver, and gold. The great God has revealed to the king what shall be in the future; this is exactly what you dreamed, and its meaning is sure."

46 Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell down and worshiped Daniel and ordered sacrifice and incense offered to him.

47 To Daniel the king said, "Truly your God is the God of gods and Lord of kings and a revealer of mysteries; that is why you were able to reveal this mystery."

48 He advanced Daniel to a high post, gave him many generous presents, made him ruler of the whole province of Babylon and chief prefect over all the wise men of Babylon.

49 At Daniel's request the king made Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego administrators of the province of Babylon, while Daniel himself remained at the king's court.

v 1. This was Nebuchadnezzar's third year, 1:1, but the second of his sole reign after his father died. Dreams plural, so this was a recurring dream, thus troubling him. v 2-4. He called in all branches of his occult, they would come up with something. v 5-9. Fortune tellers answers are suspect, so he tested to see if they could tell the dream. They would be killed if they just faked an answer. If he had truly forgotten it, he would have recognized if they got it right, so they begged him to tell the dream first.

v 10-13. In admitting the answer was not of men, they were admitting their past interpretations were false, so he ordered them killed, even Daniel and those not there.

v 14-18. Apparently they had not been thought worthy to summon, v 2, but they would be killed with the others. When Daniel learned the reason from the executioner, v 14, 24, he was able to gain access to the king. He didn’t ask what the dream was, but asked for time. Then he and his friends prayed for God’s mercy in the matter. 

v 19-23. God probably sent the answer in vision that same night, and Daniel praised Him for His superiority. Even the vision showed that God set up and removed kings. Moral or even immoral president’s like Clinton were permitted there by God.

v 24, 25. Daniel had gone to Arioch, but he took credit for finding Daniel.
v 26-30. Daniel replied to the king’s question that the God of heaven was the only one who could and did reveal the secret. He was not explaining spiritual truths to the king, but the principal political dominions under the entire Time of the Gentiles.

v 31-35. The dream was simple, an awesome statue was struck and reduced to chaff by a rock not cut by human hands, which then grew into a world wide mountain.

v 36-38. The head of gold was the far reaching kingdom of Nebuchadnezzar.

v 39. Next was the silver portion, Medo Persia, then the bronze Greece under Alexander the Great. Each metal becomes less beautiful but stronger.

v 40-43. The iron legs were the strong Roman Empire that conquered the others. It was divided into the Western and Eastern, but still one Empire. The feet and toes of iron and clay mixed had elements of strength and weakness. It was strong, not united. There were other things, such as strong in organization but weak in morals, etc.

v 44,45. In the days of the ten kings, probably a loose organization of one world government during the Tribulation, Christ will come. He is the stone cut out of the mountain without human hands. He will demolish all forms of world government and set up His own Millennial Kingdom which will rule over the whole world. Christ’s Kingdom comes in suddenly, not gradually getting better as some think. Daniel left no doubt that the dream and it’s interpretation were accurate, for then and now.

v 46,47. The great king prostrating himself before Daniel, expressed realization that Daniel’s God was the true God, and the One that had placed him in power.
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48,49. Daniel was promoted to ruler of the province or satrap of Babylon. The other satraps still had their own governors. He was also made chief wise man. In thinking of the promotion of his friends, it also made it easier for Daniel to govern, with those who would be cooperative in carrying out his decisions. Daniel continued to have access to the king, and made better use of his authority in the gate than Lot.