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16 At this, Daniel went in to the king and asked for time, so that he might interpret the dream for him. 15 He asked the king’s officer, “Why did the king issue such a harsh decree?” Arioch then explained the matter to Daniel. 14 When Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard, had gone out to put to death the wise men of Babylon, Daniel spoke to him with wisdom and tact. 13 So the decree was issued to put the wise men to death, and men were sent to look for Daniel and his friends to put them to death.
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No one can reveal it to the king except the gods, and they do not live among humans.” 12 This made the king so angry and furious that he ordered the execution of all the wise men of Babylon. So then, tell me the dream, and I will know that you can interpret it for me.” 10 The astrologers answered the king, “There is no one on earth who can do what the king asks! No king, however great and mighty, has ever asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or astrologer. You have conspired to tell me misleading and wicked things, hoping the situation will change. So tell me the dream and interpret it for me.” 7 Once more they replied, “Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will interpret it.” 8 Then the king answered, “I am certain that you are trying to gain time, because you realize that this is what I have firmly decided: 9 If you do not tell me the dream, there is only one penalty for you.
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6 But if you tell me the dream and explain it, you will receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. ” 4 Then the astrologers answered the king, “May the king live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will interpret it.” 5 The king replied to the astrologers, “This is what I have firmly decided: If you do not tell me what my dream was and interpret it, I will have you cut into pieces and your houses turned into piles of rubble. When they came in and stood before the king, 3 he said to them, “I have had a dream that troubles me and I want to know what it means. 2 So the king summoned the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers and astrologers to tell him what he had dreamed. Daniel explained to the king that the statue represented four successive kingdoms based upon power and wealth, beginning with Babylon, while the stone and mountain signified a kingdom established by God that would never be destroyed nor given to other people.ġ In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams his mind was troubled and he could not sleep. Then, in the dream, "a stone was cut out by no human hand" and struck the statue breaking it into pieces as the wind carried them away leaving no traces behind. God then discloses his dream to Daniel, a vision of a giant statue made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, and clay. However, the king would not reveal his dreams to them and said if they truly were supernatural men they would know his dream and its interpretation. King Nebuchadnezzar's dreams were troubling him and he sought resolution and interpretation of his visions from the wise men of Babylon. In the ancient world, dreams were thought to be visions of future events. Eventually, the Babylonian army destroyed and took captive all survivors, fulfilling the prophet Jeremiah’s warnings, and God’s disciplinary action of His people. He is first introduced in 2 Kings 24, amidst a crop of corrupt kings of Judah.
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However, he is spoken of most in the book of Daniel. King Nebuchadnezzar is mentioned in the Old Testament books of 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel. Our God is purposeful, weaving His authoritative hand throughout all of human history, including the life of this storied Babylonian king. Daniel’s interpretation of Nebuchadnezzar’s dreams also had many correlations to the book of Revelation, later penned by the apostle John. King Nebuchadnezzar’s path crossed both the prophets Daniel and Jeremiah in his lifetime, both who carried important messages for God’s people about the New Covenant (the coming of the Messiah, Jesus Christ). He went from crown prince to king in 605-562 BC, the approximate time the Babylonian army captured Jerusalem, taking the prophet Daniel as one of the hostages.
#The statue in the book of daniel series
The great and powerful king wrestled with his own sovereignty compared to the God of Israel through a series of dreams. His name means “Oh Nabu (a Babylonian god), protect my son (or my boundary), according to the New International Encyclopedia of Bible Characters. King Nebuchadnezzar was the greatest and most powerful of all the Babylonia kings.