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Daniel 2 (the second chapter of the Book of Daniel) tells how Daniel related and interpreted a dream of Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylon.In his night dream, the king saw a gigantic statue made of four metals, from its head of gold to its feet of mingled iron and clay; as he watched, a stone "not cut by human hands" destroyed the statue and became a mountain filling the whole world.
Rashi, a medieval rabbi, interpreted the four kingdoms as Nebuchadnezzar ("you are the head of gold"), Belshazzar ("another kingdom lower than you"), Alexander of Macedon ("a third kingdom of copper"), and the Roman Empire ("and in the days of these kings"). [5] Rashi explains that the fifth kingdom that God will establish is the kingdom of the ...
In Nebuchadnezzar's dream a "holy watcher" descends from heaven to pronounce sentence on tree and king. This is the sole instance of this phrase in the Hebrew Bible , although it echoes the frequent descriptions of God's watchfulness and the word appears several times in the Book of Enoch , where it is usually applied to the fallen angels , but ...
The second chapter of the Book of Daniel tells how Daniel interpreted a dream of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. The king saw a gigantic statue made of four metals, from its gold head to its feet of mingled iron and clay; as he watched, a stone "not cut by human hands" destroyed the statue and became a mountain filling the whole world.
A. (chapter 2) – A dream of four kingdoms replaced by a fifth B. (chapter 3) – Daniel's three friends in the fiery furnace C. (chapter 4) – Daniel interprets a dream for Nebuchadnezzar; C'. (chapter 5) – Daniel interprets the handwriting on the wall for Belshazzar; B'. (chapter 6) – Daniel in the lions' den; A'.
13th-century French depiction in stained glass of Daniel interceding with Arioch, commander of the king's guard, who was ordered to execute the Babylonian wise men after they were unable to interpret Nebuchadnezzar's dream. Daniel's name means "God (El) is my judge". [9]
A key passage is the interpretation of king Nebuchadnezzar's vision of a statue in Daniel 2. The sequence of world kingdoms is interpreted by Adventists as representing in turn Babylonia, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome (pagan Rome and later papal Rome). [13]
The Madness of King Nebuchadnezzar: The Ancient Near Eastern Origins and Early History of Interpretation of Daniel 4. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-11421-0. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Daniel". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.