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Chapter 2

Book of Daniel
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.

Deported as a teenager
Nebuchadnezzars Dream
Bow or Burn; The Furnace
Nebuchadnezzar's Pride
The Fall of Babylon
The Lions Den
Four Beasts The little horn
The Ram and the He Goat
The Seventy Weeks
A Glimpse of the Dark Side
The Silent Years (in advance)
The Consummation of All Things

Aramaic

Daniel 2:1
And in the second year of the
reign of Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar dreamed
dreams, wherewith his spirit
was troubled, and his sleep
brake from him.

Daniel 2:2
Then the king commanded to
call the magicians, and the
astrologers, and the
sorcerers, and the Chaldeans,
for to show the king his
dreams. So they came and
stood before the king.

Daniel 2:3
And the king said unto them, I
have dreamed a dream, and
my spirit was troubled to
know the dream.

Daniel 2:4
Then spake the Chaldeans to
the king in Syriack, O king,
live for ever: tell thy servants
the dream, and we will show
the interpretation.

Daniel 2:5
The king answered and said to
the Chaldeans, The thing is
gone from me: if ye will not
make known unto me the
dream, with the interpretation
thereof, ye shall be cut in
pieces, and your houses shall
be made a dunghill.

Daniel 2:6
But if ye show the dream, and
the interpretation thereof, ye
shall receive of me gifts and
rewards and great honour:
therefore show me the dream,
and the interpretation
thereof.

Daniel 2:7
They answered again and
said, Let the king tell his
servants the dream, and we
will show the interpretation of
it.

Daniel 2:8
The king answered and said, I
know of certainty that ye
would gain the time, because
ye see the thing is gone from
me.

Daniel 2:9
But if ye will not make known
unto me the dream, there is
but one decree for you: for ye
have prepared lying and
corrupt words to speak before
me, till the time be changed:
therefore tell me the dream,
and I shall know that ye can
show me the interpretation
thereof.

Daniel 2:10
The Chaldeans answered
before the king, and said,
There is not a man upon the
earth that can show the kings
matter: therefore there is no
king, lord, nor ruler, that
asked such things at any
magician, or astrologer, or
Chaldean.

Daniel 2:11
And it is a rare thing that the
king requireth, and there is
none other that can show it
before the king, except the
gods, whose dwelling is not
with flesh.

Daniel 2:12
For this cause the king was
angry and very furious, and
commanded to destroy all the
wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 2:13
And the decree went forth
that the wise men should be
slain; and they sought Daniel
and his fellows to be slain.

Daniel 2:14
Then Daniel answered with
counsel and wisdom to Arioch
the captain of the kings
guard, which was gone forth
to slay the wise men of
Babylon:

Daniel 2:15
He answered and said to
Arioch the kings captain, Why
is the decree so hasty from
the king? Then Arioch made
the thing known to Daniel.

Daniel 2:16
Then Daniel went in, and
desired of the king that he
would give him time, and that
he would show the king the
interpretation.

Daniel 2:17
Then Daniel went to his
house, and made the thing
known to Hananiah, Mishael,
and Azariah, his companions:

Daniel 2:18
That they would desire
mercies of the God of heaven
concerning this secret; that
Daniel and his fellows should
not perish with the rest of the
wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 2:19
Then was the secret revealed
unto Daniel in a night vision.
Then Daniel blessed the God
of heaven.

Daniel 2:20
Daniel answered and said,
Blessed be the name of God
for ever and ever: for wisdom
and might are his:

Daniel 2:21
And he changeth the times
and the seasons: he removeth
kings, and setteth up kings:
he giveth wisdom unto the
wise, and knowledge to them
that know understanding:

Daniel 2:22
He revealeth the deep and
secret things: he knoweth
what is in the darkness, and
the light dwelleth with him.

Daniel 2:23
I thank thee, and praise thee,
O thou God of my fathers, who
hast given me wisdom and
might, and hast made known
unto me now what we desired
of thee: for thou hast now
made known unto us the
kings matter.

Daniel 2:24
Therefore Daniel went in unto
Arioch, whom the king had
ordained to destroy the wise
men of Babylon: he went and
said thus unto him; Destroy
not the wise men of Babylon:
bring me in before the king,
and I will show unto the king
the interpretation.

Daniel 2:25
Then Arioch brought in Daniel
before the king in haste, and
said thus unto him, I have
found a man of the captives of
Judah, that will make known
unto the king the
interpretation.

Daniel 2:26
The king answered and said to
Daniel, whose name was
Belteshazzar, Art thou able to
make known unto me the
dream which I have seen, and
the interpretation thereof?

Daniel 2:27
Daniel answered in the
presence of the king, and
said, The secret which the
king hath demanded cannot
the wise men, the astrologers,
the magicians, the
soothsayers, show unto the
king;

Daniel 2:28
But there is a God in heaven
that revealeth secrets, and
maketh known to the king
Nebuchadnezzar what shall be
in the latter days. Thy dream,
and the visions of thy head
upon thy bed, are these;

Daniel 2:29
As for thee, O king, thy
thoughts came into thy mind
upon thy bed, what should
come to pass hereafter: and
he that revealeth secrets
maketh known to thee what
shall come to pass.

Daniel 2:30
But as for me, this secret is
not revealed to me for any
wisdom that I have more than
any living, but for their sakes
that shall make known the
interpretation to the king, and
that thou mightest know the
thoughts of thy heart.

Daniel 2:31
Thou, O king, sawest, and
behold a great image. This
great image, whose
brightness was excellent,
stood before thee; and the
form thereof was terrible.

Daniel 2:32
This images head was of fine
gold, his breast and his arms
of silver, his belly and his
thighs of brass,

Daniel 2:33
His legs of iron, his feet part
of iron and part of clay.

Specific Gravity
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Iron
Iron + Clay

19.5
10.5
8.0
5.0
1.9

Nebuchadnezzars Dream
Gold
Silver
Brass
Iron
Iron + Cay

Daniel 2:34
Thou sawest till that
a stone was cut out
without hands, which
smote the image
upon his feet that
were of iron and clay,
and brake them to
pieces.

Nebuchadnezzars Dream

Nebuchadnezzars Dream

Daniel 2:35
Then was the iron, the clay, the
brass, the silver, and the gold,
broken to pieces together, and
became like the chaff of the
summer threshingfloors; and the
wind carried them away, that no
place was found for them: and the
stone that smote the image
became a great mountain, and
filled the whole earth.

Nebuchadnezzars Dream

Nebuchadnezzars Dream

Nebuchadnezzars Dream

Daniel 2:36
This is the dream; and we will
tell the interpretation thereof
before the king.

Daniel 2:37
Thou, O king, art a king of
kings: for the God of heaven
hath given thee a kingdom,
power, and strength, and
glory.

Daniel 2:38
And wheresoever the children
of men dwell, the beasts of
the field and the fowls of the
heaven hath he given into
thine hand, and hath made
thee ruler over them all. Thou
art this head of gold.

Nebuchadnezzars Dream
Daniel 2
Gold

Babylon
606BC 539 BC

Daniel 2:39
And after thee shall arise
another kingdom inferior to
thee, and another third
kingdom of brass, which shall
bear rule over all the earth.

Nebuchadnezzars Dream
Daniel 2
Gold

Babylon

Silver

Persia

Brass

Greece

606 BC 539 BC
539 BC 332 BC
332 BC 68 BC

Daniel 2:40
And the fourth kingdom shall
be strong as iron: forasmuch
as iron breaketh in pieces and
subdueth all things: and as
iron that breaketh all these,
shall it break in pieces and
bruise.

Nebuchadnezzars Dream
Daniel 2
Gold

Babylon

Silver

Persia

Brass

Greece

Iron

Rome I

606 BC 539 BC
539 BC 332 BC
332 BC 68 BC

68 BC - ?

Daniel 2:41
And whereas thou sawest the
feet and toes, part of potters
clay, and part of iron, the
kingdom shall be divided; but
there shall be in it of the
strength of the iron,
forasmuch as thou sawest the
iron mixed with miry clay.

Daniel 2:42
And as the toes of the feet
were part of iron, and part of
clay, so the kingdom shall be
partly strong, and partly
broken.

Nebuchadnezzars Dream
Daniel 2
Gold

Babylon

Silver

Persia

Brass

Greece

Iron

Rome I

606 BC 539 BC
539 BC 332 BC
332 BC 68 BC

68 BC - ?

Iron + Clay

Rome II

Daniel 2:43
And whereas thou sawest iron
mixed with miry clay, they
shall mingle themselves with
the seed of men: but they
shall not cleave one to
another, even as iron is not
mixed with clay.

Daniel 2:43
And whereas thou sawest iron
mixed with miry clay, they
shall mingle themselves with
the seed of men: but they
shall not cleave one to
another, even as iron is not
mixed with clay.

The context of the dream seems to imply that they

constitute a significant political constituency

Daniel 2:44
And in the days of these kings
shall the God of heaven set up
a kingdom, which shall never
be destroyed: and the
kingdom shall not be left to
other people, but it shall
break in pieces and consume
all these kingdoms, and it
shall stand for ever.

Daniel 2:45
Forasmuch as thou sawest that the
stone was cut out of the mountain
without hands, and that it brake in
pieces the iron, the brass, the clay,
the silver, and the gold; the great
God hath made known to the king
what shall come to pass hereafter:
and the dream is certain, and the
interpretation thereof sure.

Daniel 2:46
Then the king
Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his
face, and worshipped Daniel,
and commanded that they
should offer an oblation and
sweet odours unto him.

Sevenfold Result of the Revelation

1. It had an overwhelming effect upon the king
(Daniel 2:46).
2. It brought glory to God (Daniel 2:47).
3. It made Daniel a great man (Daniel 2:48).
4. It brought him many gifts (Daniel 2:48).
5. It made him ruler over all the province of
Babylon (Daniel 2:48).
6. It made him chief of the wise men (Daniel 2:48).
7. It exalted Daniel's three brethren (Daniel 2:49).

Daniel 2:47
The king answered unto
Daniel, and said, Of a truth it
is, that your God is a God of
gods, and a Lord of kings, and
a revealer of secrets, seeing
thou couldest reveal this
secret.

Daniel 2:48
Then the king made Daniel a
great man, and gave him
many great gifts, and made
him ruler over the whole
province of Babylon, and chief
of the governors over all the
wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 2:49
Then Daniel requested of the
king, and he set Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego, over
the affairs of the province of
Babylon: but Daniel sat in the
gate of the king.

Daniel 2:43
And whereas thou sawest iron
mixed with miry clay, they
shall mingle themselves with
the seed of men: but they
shall not cleave one to
another, even as iron is not
mixed with clay.

The context of the dream seems to imply that they

constitute a significant political constituency

1 Corinthians 11:10
For this cause ought the woman
to have power on her head
because of the angels.

End of Daniel Chapter 2

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Nebuchadnezzars Dream
Gold

Babylon

Silver

Persia

Brass

Greece

Iron
Iron + Clay

Rome I
Rome II

(1 Cor 2:9-11) 9But as it is written, Eye

hath not seen, nor ear heard,
neither have entered into the heart
of man, the things which God hath
prepared for them that love him.
10
But God hath revealed them unto
us by his Spirit: for the Spirit
searcheth all things, yea, the deep
things of God. 11For what man
knoweth the things of a man, save
the spirit of man which is in him?
even so the things of God knoweth
no man, but the Spirit of God.

Nebuchadnezzars Dream
Daniel 2

Daniel 7

Gold

Winged Lion

Babylon

Silver

Bear on side

Persia

Brass

Leopard

Greece

Iron

Terrible
Beast

Rome I

Iron + Cay

10 Heads...

Rome II

Correlation of Dreams and Visions in Daniel

Image
Beasts
Chapter 2
Chapter 7
Head of fine gold Like a lion with
eagles wings
Chest and arms Like a bear
of silver
The
Belly and thighs Like a leopard
Times of of bronze
with four wings
the
and four
Gentiles
heads

Beasts
Chapter 8

Kingdoms
Represented
Babylon

Ram with two Medo-Persia

horns
Male goat with Greece
one great
horn, four
horns and
little horn

Legs of iron, feet Incomparable

of iron and clay
beast with ten
horns and little
horn

Rome

Stone that
Messiah and
becomes a great saints receive
mountain
the kingdom

Kingdom of
God

Dreams and Visions in Daniel

Daniels God-given ability to interpret visions and dreams (1:17) served him well in his role as advisor to King
Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, a man noted for his mysterious and troubling dreams. The following brief
comparison of a dream of Nebuchadnezzar and a dream and vision of Daniel reveals a common theme in
the Book of Danielthe successive rise and fall of four kingdoms.

Nebuchadnezzars
Daniels Dream
Dream
An image with a head A beast like a lion
of fine gold (2:32)
with eagles wings
(7:4)
An image with a chest A beast like a bear
and arms of silver
with three ribs in
(2:32)
its mouth (7:5)
An image with a belly
and thighs of bronze
(2:32)

A beast like a
leopard with four
wings (7:6)

Daniels Vision

Interpretation
Babylon would
establish itself as the
first world empire
(2:38; 7:17).

A ram with two horns, Medo-Persia would

one of which was
defeat Babylon and
higher than the other establish itself as the
(8:3)
second world empire
(2:39; 7:17; 8:20).
A male goat with a Greece would defeat
Medo-Persia and
large horn, later
establish itself as the
replaced by four
third world empire
horns and a little
(2:39; 7:17; 8:21).

horn (8:59)

An image with legs A beast with iron

of iron and feet of
teeth and ten
iron and clay (2:32) horns (7:7)

Rome would defeat

Greece and
establish itself as the
fourth world empire
(2:4043; 7:17).