Though the fellow captives of daniel, shadrach, meshach and abednego, are no longer named in this book after daniel 3, there is a strong correlation between their testing and what daniel is going through in this chapter. Daniel who through the book received revelations from god. We will also note the implications that these tests have for the rest of the book of daniel. Notice that yahweh had granted daniel favor and compassion with the chief official. Daniel, part one very brief notes on daniel chapters 1 through 6. The 144,000 jews of revelation chapter 7 will most likely explain this book in its fullest details. The other administrators and satraps tried to find something against daniel. Daniel 16 niv daniels training in babylon bible gateway. Daniel 1, new international version niv the bible app. There they refused to take food and wine from the king and were given knowledge and insight into dreams and visions by god, and at the end of.
From daniel and his three friends, we will learn the power of faith and commitment b. He ruled over babylon, after babylon fell to the medes and persians. Daniel, even under the circumstances he was in, remained dedicated to the law of yahweh and because of this he was favored in the eyes of a heathen official. What was daniels name changed to by the chief official. Daniel 1 niv daniels training in babylon in the bible gateway. Here, in chapter 9, gabriel returns to answer the prayer daniel prayed in the first part of chapter 9 and to explain the unexplained portion of chapter 8the 2,300 days applying especially to the time of the end. They were willing to serve the public in this new and strange land, but were determined to remain faithful to. An interesting feature of the book is that the accounts of chapters 26 and the visions in chapter 7 are in aramaic after the first few lines of chapter 2 in hebrew. I love the book of daniel, it is probably my second favorite book in the bible.
Chapters and 14, which are not included in all versions of the book of daniel, are included in this summary. He served as a statesman, a counselor to kings, and a prophet of god 4. The prophet daniel lived in the sixth century before the birth of jesus. Daniel s prayer for the restoration of the jews who were in captivity, in which he confesses sin, and acknowledges the justice of god in their calamities, but pleads gods promises of mercy which he had yet in store for them.
By this isaiahs prophecy to king hezekiah was fulfilled which was spoken of around 100 years before daniel s time. Next chapter of daniel the book of daniel, chapter 9 we hope that you find the content of the book of daniel, chapter 9 from the douay rheims version of the catholic bible helpful to your bible studies and for references which allow you to read the books and individual verses of this chapter. Choosing men to train king nebuchadnezzar wanted to have some of the men from among the exiled members of the royal family to be his servants. Daniel gains renown as an interpreter of dreams and receives a series of apocalyptic visions. Strengthened by his riches, he shall stir up all kingdoms, even that of greece. An immediate answer sent him by an angel to his prayer, in which, 1.
Daniel chapter 1 begins by the telling of how king jehoiakim, king of judah, was conquered by king nebuchadnezzar of babylon. But the lesson of chapter 1 is that only those who pass minor tests will ever pass the major tests. In world history there were two kings named nebuchadnezzar. But daniel purposed in his heart i always like to come across a but when there is any scheme of this kind on. Darius, the mede, had been a friend of daniel, and elevated him to high office in his kingdom. Daniel 3 niv the image of gold and the blazing bible. The author mostly speaks in the third person, except for daniel 8. Daniel 9 1 in the first year of darius son of xerxes a mede by descent, who was made ruler over the babylonian kingdom 2 in the first year of his reign, i, daniel, understood from the scriptures, according to the word of the lord given to jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of jerusalem would last seventy years. The title of the book comes from the name of its chief character and author. Daniel 3 1 king nebuchadnezzar made an image of gold, ninety feet high and nine feet wide, and set it up on the plain of dura in the province of babylon. Later on in the book, daniels three friends chapter 3 and then daniel chapter 6. Daniel with book summary versebyverse bible commentary. Daniel 3 new international version niv the image of gold and the blazing furnace. The book of daniel begins with king nebuchadnezzar, the ruler of babylon, ransacking jerusalem.
Daniel 9 commentary matthew henry commentary on the. They were willing to serve the public in this new and strange land, but were determined to remain faithful to god, even in the seemingly small matter of food 1. When the plan is to seduce men from right, then it is a happy thing to have a but, but, but, but daniel purposed in his heart, determined, settled, fixed it, daniel 1. Daniels continuance in prayer notwithstanding, ver. Daniel s continuance in prayer notwithstanding, ver. What specific instruction did the angel gabriel give to daniel. David guzik commentary on daniel 1 keeping pure in the face of adversity. Daniels prayer, recorded in chapter 9, reveals his grasp of this fact.
How did his prophecies differ from ezekiels and isaiahs. The higher biblical critics especially seemed to attack the book of daniel from that perspective, often giving the book an authorship during the time of the maccabees a jewish group that recaptured the holy land. What other book in the bible has much in common with daniel. The book of daniel claims to be written by daniel himself, and the fact that it is. In the first year of darius the son of ahasuerus, of the lineage of the medes, who was made king over the realm of the chaldeans. As with all of scripture, the book of daniel is profitable for our study 2 ti 3. Next chapter of daniel the book of daniel, chapter 3 we hope that you find the content of the book of daniel, chapter 3 from the douay rheims version of the catholic bible helpful to your bible studies and for references which allow you to read the books and individual verses of this chapter.
The tests described in chapter 1 seem very mild in comparison to the much greater tests to come later in the book. Daniel 1 new international version niv daniels training in babylon. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Daniel belonged to those jews who had been led away captive to babylon at the first siege of jerusalem by nebuchadnezzar in the year 605 bc compare daniel 1. Among these shows that the four teens were not the only jewish boys chosen. Daniel, chapter 1 king james version christian answers. Daniel 1 commentary spurgeons verse expositions of the bible. Verse by verse commentaries by book precept austin.
The story recounts how daniel and his companions are taken captive from judea and trained as oracles for the king of babylon. Daniel is a closed book until the time of the end daniel 12. The choice made of daniel, and some other young men, to be brought up in the chaldean literature, that they might be fitted to serve the government, and the provision made for them. Years ago, when in bible college, i was astonished at the attacks of the critics in relation to the dating of many books of the bible. Daniel 16 new international version niv daniels training in babylon. Daniel was fully convinced that it was god who gave jehoiakim king of judah, into the hands of nebuchadnezzar. Daniel 1 the first chapter of the book of daniel tells how daniel and his three companions were among captives taken by nebuchadnezzar ii from jerusalem to babylon to be trained in babylonian wisdom.
Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that nebuchadnezzar the king had set up. When old, he persisted in serving god despite threats against his life dan 6. He ends up taking back the cream of the crop, the most elite and noble israelites, to serve at his court in babylon. It shows that daniel outlived the babylonian kingdom, and lived to see the transition to the medes and persian empire. Daniel 1,daniel 6 niv daniels training in babylon in the. Daniel was contemporary with jeremiah and ezekiel a. Chapter 1 introduces nebuchadnezzar, the king under whom daniel. And i set my face unto the lord god, to seek by prayer and supplications, with fasting, and sackcloth, and ashes. Archaeologists have found stones, tablets, and walls that tell. For years god had been sending prophets to the backsliding kings of judah, warning them that this day would come. Kingdom kids bible quiz daniel chapter 1, 5, 6 daniel 6 1. Daniel 1, english standard version 2016 esv the bible app. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself.
The detail study of revelation will uncover many new prophecies and understandings of the end times. Daniels prayer, and the vision of the seventy weeks 9. Daniel 6 is one of the most well known chapters in the bible by christians and nonchristians alike. Daniel 9 niv bible in the first year of darius son of.
He rose to great heights in the kingdoms of babylon and persia dan 2. Although the entire book is traditionally ascribed to daniel the seer, chapters 16 are in the voice of an anonymous narrator, except for chapter 4 which is in the form of a letter from king nebuchadnezzar. Daniels training in babylon in the third year of the reign of jehoiakim king of judah. What country overthrows jerusalem in the first chapter of daniel. Daniel 1 the church of jesus christ of latterday saints. Daniel 9 1 in the first year of darius son of xerxes a mede by descent, who was made ruler over the babylonian kingdom 2 in the first year of his reign, i, daniel, understood from the scriptures, according to the word of the lord given to jeremiah the prophet. Daniel chapter 1 sermon by darren rogers, daniel 1. The dates of the chapters 1 dan 7 553 bc 1st year of belshazzar 2 dan 8 551550 bc 3rd year of belshazzar. Daniel niv daniels training in babylon in the bible gateway. A good question to ask, when beginning the study of a book in the bible, is what the content of the book adds to the understanding of gods revelation of himself.
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