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Daniel's name means "God (El) is my judge". [9] While the best known Daniel is the hero of the Book of Daniel who interprets dreams and receives apocalyptic visions, the Bible also briefly mentions three other individuals of this name: The Book of Ezekiel (14:14, 14:20 and 28:3) refers to a legendary Daniel famed for wisdom and righteousness.
The Book of Daniel is a 2nd-century BC biblical apocalypse with a 6th-century BC setting. Ostensibly "an account of the activities and visions of Daniel, a noble Jew exiled at Babylon", [1] the text features a prophecy rooted in Jewish history, as well as a portrayal of the end times that is both cosmic in scope and political in its focus. [2]
The Book of Daniel is "a composite text of dubious historicity from various genres", [4] and Daniel himself is a legendary figure. [5] The book of which he is the hero divides into two parts, a set of tales in chapters 1–6 from no earlier than the Hellenistic period (323–30 BCE), and the series of visions in chapters 7–12 from the ...
Chileab (Hebrew: כִלְאָב, Ḵīləʾāḇ) also known as Daniel, was the second son of David, King of Israel, according to the Bible. He was David's son with his second wife Abigail , widow of Nabal the Carmelite , and is mentioned in 1 Chronicles 3:1 , and 2 Samuel 3:3 .
The story of the fiery furnace does not include Daniel, while the story of the lions' den does not include Daniel's friends; the first story takes place under Nebuchadnezzar and the second under Darius; and in the first story the disobedience to the earthly ruler takes place in public, while in the second Daniel petitions God in private.
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Further imagery includes Daniel 7's Son of Man (more accurately "one like a son of man"), the "holy ones of the Most High", and the eternal Kingdom of God which will follow the four kingdoms and the "little horn". [17] Chronological predictions: Daniel predicts several times the length of time that must elapse until the coming of the Kingdom of ...
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