Category Archives: DANIEL

The Choice Young Men 1 In the third year of the reign ofJehoiakim king of Judah,Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles of the house of God; and he brought them into the land ofShinar, […]

The King’s Forgotten Dream 1 In the second year (604b.c.) of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams which troubledanddisturbed his spirit and [interfered with] his ability to sleep. 2 Then the king gave a command to call the magicians, the enchanters, the sorcerers, and theChaldeans to tell the king his dreams. So they came […]

The King’s Golden Image 1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made agold [-plated] image, whose height [including the pedestal] was sixty cubits (ninety feet) and its width six cubits (nine feet). He set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. 2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sentwordto assemble thesatraps, the prefects and the […]

The King Acknowledges God 1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, to all the peoples, nations, andspeakers of everylanguage that live in all the earth: “May your peace abound! 2 It has seemed good to me to declare the signs and wonders which the Most High God has done for me. 3 “How great are His signs And […]

Belshazzar’s Feast 1 Belshazzar the king [who was a descendant of Nebuchadnezzar] gave a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he was drinking his wine in the presence of the thousand [guests]. 2 Belshazzar, as he tasted the wine, gave a command to bring in the gold and silver vessels which hisfather […]

Daniel Serves Darius 1 It seemed good to Darius [who became king after Belshazzar] to appoint over the kingdom 120satraps who would be in charge throughout the kingdom, 2 and over them three chief commissioners (of whom Daniel was one), that these satraps might be accountable to them, so that the king would have no […]

Vision of the Four Beasts 1 In thefirst year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions appeared in his mindas he layon his bed; then he wrote the dream down and related a summary of it. 2 Daniel said, “I saw in my vision by night, and behold, the four winds […]

Vision of the Ram and Goat 1 In thethird year of the reign of King Belshazzar a [second] vision appeared to me, Daniel, [this was two years] after the one that first appeared to me. 2 I looked in the vision and it seemed that I was at the citadel ofSusa, [the capital of Persia], […]

Daniel’s Prayer for His People 1 In the first year of Darius the son ofAhasuerus, of Median descent, who was made king over the realm of theChaldeans– 2 in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the books the number of years which, according to the word of the Lordto Jeremiah the […]

Daniel Is Terrified by a Vision 1 In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a message was revealed to Daniel, who was named Belteshazzar; and the message was true and it referred to great conflict (warfare, misery). And he understood the message and had an understanding of the vision. 2 In those days […]