It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; DARIUS. Grotefend has read it in the cuneiform inscriptions at Persepolis, as Darheush... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND OVER THESE THREE PRESIDENTS; OF WHOM DANIEL WAS FIRST: THAT THE PRINCES MIGHT GIVE ACCOUNTS UNTO THEM, AND THE KING SHOULD HAVE NO DAMAGE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. DANIEL WAS PREFERRED ABOVE THE PRESIDENTS AND PRINCES, BECAUSE AN EXCELLENT SPIRIT WAS IN HIM - probably because of his having so wonderf... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. THEN THE PRESIDENTS AND PRINCES SOUGHT TO FIND OCCASION AGAINST DANIEL CONC... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. THEN SAID THESE MEN, WE SHALL NOT FIND ANY OCCASION AGAINST THIS DANIEL, EXCEPT WE FIND IT ... CONCERNING THE LAW OF HIS GOD. It is the highest testimony to a god... [ Continue Reading ]
Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. ASSEMBLED TOGETHER - literally, 'assembled hastily and tumultuously' [ raagash (H7283)], to make a tumult. Had they come more deliberately, the king might have refused their gran... [ Continue Reading ]
All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into t... [ Continue Reading ]
Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. NOW, O KING, ESTABLISH THE DECREE - or interdict. AND SIGN THE WRITING, THAT IT BE NOT CHANGED - (; ). This immutability of the king's commands wa... [ Continue Reading ]
Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. KING DARIUS SIGNED THE WRITING. Such a despotic decree is quite explicable, by remembering that the king, as the incarnation of Ormuzd, might demand such an act of religious obedience as a test of loyalty. Persecuting laws are always made... [ Continue Reading ]
Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. NOW WHEN DANIEL KNEW THAT THE WRITING WAS SIGNED - a... [ Continue Reading ]
Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. THEN THESE MEN ASSEMBLED - as in , assembled or ran hastily, so as to come upon Daniel suddenly, and detect him in the act.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, accord... [ Continue Reading ]
Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day. THAT DANIEL - contemptuously. OF THE CAPTIVITY OF JUDAH - recently a captive... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him. THEN THE KING ... WAS SORE DISPLEASED WITH HIMSELF - for having suffered himself to be entrapped into such a hast... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN THESE MEN ASSEMBLED UNTO THE KING, AND SAID UNTO THE KING, KNOW, O KING, THAT THE LAW OF THE MEDES AND PERSIANS IS, THAT NO DECREE NOR STATUTE WHICH THE KING ESTABLISHETH MAY BE CHANGED._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee. NOW THE KING ... SAID UNTO DANIEL, THY GOD, WHOM THOU SERVEST CONTINUALLY, HE WILL DELIVER THEE. The pagan b... [ Continue Reading ]
And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel. AND A STONE WAS BROUGHT ... AND THE KING SEALED IT WITH HIS OWN SIGNET - typical of Christ's entombm... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him. NEITHER WERE INSTRUMENTS OF MUSIC BROUGHT BEFORE HIM. Gesenius translates [ dachªwaan (H1761)], 'concubines.' Daniel's mentioning it as an extraordi... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions. Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions. THEN THE KING AROSE VERY EARLY IN THE MORNING, AND WENT IN HASTE UNTO THE DEN OF LIONS - his grief overcame his fear of... [ Continue Reading ]
And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions? O DANIEL, SERVANT OF THE LIVING GOD - having life Himself, and ab... [ Continue Reading ]
Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. THEN SAID DANIEL UNTO THE KING, O KING, LIVE FOREVER. Daniel might have indulged in anger at the king, but does not; his sole thought is, God's glory has been set forth in his deliverance.... [ Continue Reading ]
My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. MY GOD HATH SENT HIS ANGEL - the instrument, not the author of his deliverance (; ). AND HATH SHUT THE... [ Continue Reading ]
Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God. NO MANNER OF HURT WAS FOUND UPON HIM, BECAUSE HE BELIEVED IN HIS GOD. "Faith is... [ Continue Reading ]
And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den. THE KING COMMANDED,... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN KING DARIUS WROTE UNTO ALL PEOPLE, NATIONS, AND LANGUAGES, THAT DWELL IN ALL THE EARTH; PEACE BE MULTIPLIED UNTO YOU._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end. I MAKE A DECREE, THAT IN EVERY DOMINION OF MY KING... [ Continue Reading ]
_HE DELIVERETH AND RESCUETH, AND HE WORKETH SIGNS AND WONDERS IN HEAVEN AND IN EARTH, WHO HATH DELIVERED DANIEL FROM THE POWER OF THE LIONS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. SO THIS DANIEL PROSPERED IN THE REIGN OF DARIUS, AND ... CYRUS. It was in the third year of Cyrus, Daniel's visions (Daniel 10:1; Daniel 11:1; Daniel 12:1) were given, Daniel "prospered" because of his prophe... [ Continue Reading ]