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:

He changeth the times and the seasons - `he herein gives a general preparatory intimation that the dream of Nebuchadnezzar is concerning the changes and successions of kingdoms' (Jerome). The "times" are the phases and periods of duration of empires (cf. ; ; ); the "seasons," the fitting times for their culmination, decline, and fall (; ; ). The vicissitudes of states, with their times and seasons, are not regulated by chance or fate, as the pagan thought, but by God.

He removeth kings - (; Psalms 75:6; ; cf. 1 Samuel 2:7). He giveth wisdom - as He gave it to Solomon when that prince, upon being offered his choice what he would have, chose wisdom (1 Kings 3:9; ).