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Daniel 2

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  1. 1And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.28 cross-references: Daniel 4:5, Esther 6:1, Job 33:15–17, Genesis 40:5–8, Daniel 2:3
  2. 2Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.23 cross-references: Daniel 1:20, Daniel 4:6, Exodus 7:11, Genesis 41:8, Daniel 2:10
  3. 3And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.9 cross-references: Genesis 40:8, Genesis 41:15, Daniel 2:1, Daniel 4:5
  4. 4Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.30 cross-references: Daniel 5:10, Daniel 3:9, Ezra 4:7, Isaiah 36:11, Daniel 6:21
  5. 5The 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.16 cross-references: Ezra 6:11, Daniel 3:29, 2 Kings 10:27, Psalms 50:22, Deuteronomy 13:16
  6. 6But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.11 cross-references: Daniel 5:7, Daniel 2:48, Daniel 5:29, Numbers 22:17, Numbers 24:11
  7. 7They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.6 cross-references: Daniel 2:4, Daniel 2:9, Ecclesiastes 10:4
  8. 8The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.2 cross-references: Ephesians 5:16, Colossians 4:5
  9. 9But 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 shew me the interpretation thereof.21 cross-references: Esther 4:11, Isaiah 41:23, Daniel 7:25, Daniel 2:21, Daniel 3:15
  10. 10The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean.11 cross-references: Daniel 2:27
  11. 11And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.28 cross-references: Daniel 5:11, Genesis 41:39, Exodus 29:45, John 14:23, Matthew 19:26
  12. 12For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.24 cross-references: Daniel 3:13, Psalms 76:10, Matthew 2:16, Daniel 3:19, Proverbs 16:14
  13. 13And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.7 cross-references: Daniel 1:19–20, Isaiah 10:1, Esther 3:12–15, Daniel 6:9–15, Proverbs 28:15–17
  14. 14Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:7 cross-references: Daniel 2:24, Jeremiah 39:9, Ecclesiastes 9:13–18, Genesis 37:36, 2 Samuel 20:16–22
  15. 15He answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
  16. 16Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.2 cross-references: Daniel 1:18–19, Daniel 2:9–11
  17. 17Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:7 cross-references: Daniel 3:12, Daniel 1:11, Daniel 1:6–7
  18. 18That 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.27 cross-references: Jeremiah 33:3, Matthew 18:19, Matthew 18:12, Psalms 50:15, Psalms 91:15
  19. 19Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.25 cross-references: Numbers 12:6, Amos 3:7, Psalms 25:14, Daniel 7:7, Job 33:15–16
  20. 20Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:34 cross-references: Psalms 113:2, Psalms 145:1–2, Job 12:13, Revelation 5:12, Psalms 147:5
  21. 21And 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:68 cross-references: Psalms 75:5–7, Psalms 31:14–15, Psalms 113:7–8, Daniel 4:17, Daniel 7:25
  22. 22He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the darkness, and the light dwelleth with him.47 cross-references: Job 12:22, 1 John 1:5, James 1:17, Psalms 139:11–12, Jeremiah 23:24
  23. 23I 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 king’s matter.38 cross-references: Daniel 2:18, Exodus 3:15, Daniel 2:29–30, Luke 10:21, Amos 3:7
  24. 24Therefore 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 shew unto the king the interpretation.5 cross-references: Acts 27:24, Daniel 2:12–14
  25. 25Then 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.10 cross-references: 1 Corinthians 1:27–28, Daniel 5:13, Daniel 6:13, Daniel 1:6, Ecclesiastes 9:10
  26. 26The 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?11 cross-references: Daniel 1:7, Daniel 4:8, Daniel 5:16, Daniel 5:12, 1 Samuel 17:33
  27. 27Daniel 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, shew unto the king;19 cross-references: Isaiah 47:12–14, Isaiah 44:25, Daniel 5:7–8, Daniel 2:10–11, Daniel 2:2
  28. 28But 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;59 cross-references: Genesis 40:8, Amos 4:13, Daniel 10:14, Genesis 49:1, Daniel 2:22
  29. 29As 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.8 cross-references: Daniel 2:28, Amos 4:13, Daniel 2:47, Daniel 2:22, Ezekiel 38:10
  30. 30But 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.21 cross-references: Genesis 41:16, Acts 3:12, Daniel 2:17–18, 2 Corinthians 4:15, Romans 8:28
  31. 31Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was terrible.10 cross-references: Habakkuk 1:7, Daniel 7:3–17, Ezekiel 28:7, Isaiah 13:11, Luke 4:5
  32. 32This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass,14 cross-references: Daniel 4:30, Jeremiah 51:7, Daniel 4:22, Daniel 2:37–39, Isaiah 14:4
  33. 33His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.6 cross-references: Daniel 7:19–26, Daniel 7:7–8, Daniel 2:40–43
  34. 34Thou 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.55 cross-references: Daniel 2:44–45, Daniel 8:25, Isaiah 60:12, Zechariah 12:3, 2 Corinthians 5:1
  35. 35Then 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.41 cross-references: Isaiah 2:2–3, Psalms 37:10, Revelation 20:11, Hosea 13:3, Isaiah 11:9
  36. 36This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.2 cross-references: Daniel 2:23–24
  37. 37Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.59 cross-references: Ezekiel 26:7, Jeremiah 27:6–7, Ezra 1:2, Daniel 5:18, Ezra 7:12
  38. 38And 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.14 cross-references: Daniel 4:21–22, Psalms 50:10–11, Jeremiah 27:5–7
  39. 39And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.15 cross-references: Daniel 2:32, Daniel 5:28–31, Isaiah 44:28 – Isaiah 45:5, Daniel 10:20, Daniel 8:20
  40. 40And 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.20 cross-references: Daniel 7:7, Daniel 11:36–45, Daniel 7:19–26, Daniel 2:33, Jeremiah 15:12
  41. 41And 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.6 cross-references: Revelation 17:12, Daniel 7:24, Revelation 12:3, Daniel 2:33–35, Daniel 7:7
  42. 42And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.3 cross-references: Daniel 7:24, Revelation 13:1
  43. 43And 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.
  44. 44And 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.126 cross-references: Matthew 28:18, Luke 1:32–33, Psalms 145:13, Daniel 6:26, Micah 4:7
  45. 45Forasmuch 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.33 cross-references: Isaiah 28:16, Genesis 41:32, Genesis 41:28, Deuteronomy 10:17, Malachi 1:11
  46. 46Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him.17 cross-references: Acts 10:25, Acts 14:13, Ezra 6:10, Revelation 22:8, Revelation 19:10
  47. 47The 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.59 cross-references: Daniel 2:28, Daniel 2:22, Amos 3:7, Deuteronomy 10:17, Daniel 11:36
  48. 48Then 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.28 cross-references: Daniel 2:6, Daniel 4:9, Daniel 5:11, Genesis 41:39–43, Daniel 5:16
  49. 49Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.15 cross-references: Daniel 1:7, Esther 2:19, Amos 5:15, Esther 2:21, Daniel 3:12–30

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Daniel, God, Arioch, Nebuchadnezzar, Shadrach, Meshach, Azariah

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