Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible
Daniel 2:15
Why is the decree so hasty— Why is this dreadful decree gone forth from the king? Houbigant.
Why is the decree so hasty— Why is this dreadful decree gone forth from the king? Houbigant.
HE ANSWERED AND SAID TO ARIOCH THE KING’S CAPTAIN - The word “captain” - a different word from what occurs in Daniel 2:14, שׁליטא _shallı̂yṭa'_ - denotes one who has rule or dominion; one who is powe...
CHAPTER 2 NEBUCHADNEZZAR'S DREAM AND ITS INTERPRETATION _ 1. The forgotten dream (Daniel 2:1)_ 2. The prayer meeting in Babylon and the answer (Daniel 2:14) 3. Daniel before the king (Daniel 2:24)...
DANIEL VOLUNTEERS TO EXPLAIN THE DREAM. To save the magicians from their doom, Daniel offers to tell the king his dream and prays to God to make the thing clear to him. DANIEL 2:14. ARIOCH: Eri-Aku ...
Daniel and his three companions, being regarded now (cf. Daniel 1:17-20) as belonging to the class of -wise men," and being consequently involved in the condemnation, are in danger of their lives; but...
so _hasty_ HARSH (Bevan). R.V. _urgent_, as A.V. itself has in Daniel 3:22. This is not, however, strong enough: in Syriac and the Targums the word and its cognates express the idea of _bold, shameles...
c. SAVED BY THE SUBJUGATED TEXT: Daniel 2:12-16 12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. 13 So the decree went forth, and the w...
He 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. WHY IS THE DECREE SO HASTY? - Why were not all of us consul...
2:15 rigorous (f-15) Or 'urgent,' so ch. 3.22....
NEBUCHANDEZZAR'S DREAM-IMAGE Nebuchadnezzar in his second year had a dream, which he required the wise men of his court to describe and interpret on pain of death. They said this was beyond their powe...
THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD DANIEL _ROBERT BRYCE_ CHAPTER 2 V1 When Nebuchadnezzar had been king for almost two years, he had dreams. His mind was anxious and he could not sleep. Verse 1 Nebuc...
SO HASTY. — Literally, _why is this severe decree of the king?_ By this question Daniel wished Arioch to understand that after all the matter was not impossible, as the wise men had stated it to be....
עָנֵ֣ה וְ אָמַ֗ר לְ אַרְיֹוךְ֙ שַׁלִּיטָ֣א דִ
THE DREAM-IMAGE OF RUINED EMPIRES "With thee will I break in pieces rulers and captains." - Jeremiah 51:23 THE Book of Daniel is constructed with consummate skill to teach the mighty lessons which it...
WISDOM GRANTED IN THE HOUR OF NEED Daniel 2:14-35 The action of Daniel in this supreme crisis is very instructive. He reckoned absolutely on God, and in his chivalrous endeavor to save the lives of t...
In the second year of his reign Nebuchadnezzar, troubled by dreams and unable to sleep, called together his enchanters and sorcerers to explain his dreams one of which troubled him especially. Their d...
_Cruel. Chaldee also, "precipitate." (Calmet)_...
I hope that the Reader will find cause in these verses, as in the former, to watch the Lord's over-ruling providence in the things here related. For what but that Almighty power, which worketh for his...
Daniel also had said,_Whither does the edict haste from before the king? _It seems by these words, that Daniel obliquely blames the king’s anger and ingratitude, because he did not inquire with suffic...
On the other hand, we see in the second chapter the mighty king of the Gentiles made the depositary of the history of the Gentiles, and of God's entire plan, as the recipient of these divine communica...
AND HE ANSWERED AND SAID TO ARIOCH THE KING'S CAPTAIN,.... Or governor m; over the persons before mentioned; either the king's guard or militia, or cooks or executioners: before, the manner in which D...
He 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. Ver. 15. _Why is the decree so hasty from the king?_] Dani...
_Why is the decree so hasty from the king?_ So precipitate, or, as Wintle renders it, _so urgent_, to slay the innocent, who were never called, and knew nothing of the matter? The word מהחצפה, here us...
he answered and said to Arioch, the king's captain, thereby displaying the wisdom for which he afterward became so famous, WHY IS THE DECREE SO HASTY FROM THE KING? Why the furious and sharp command,...
Daniel Prepares to Interpret The King's Dream...
14-23 Daniel humbly prayed that God would discover to him the king's dream, and the meaning of it. Praying friends are valuable friends; and it well becomes the greatest and best men to desire the pr...
SO HASTY; so precipitate, to slay the innocent who were never called, who knew nothing of it-this appears plainly from these words, THEN ARIOCH MADE THE THING KNOWN TO DANIEL, DANIEL 2:15, which was t...
Daniel 2:15 answered H6032 (H8750) said H560 (H8750) Arioch H746 kings H4430 captain H7990 Why H4101
‘He answered and said to Arioch, the king's captain, “Why is the decree so pressing from the king?” Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel. And Daniel went in and desired of the king that he would...
Daniel 2:1 I. The narrative sets before us the value of united prayer. II. We have an illustration here of the power of gratitude. III. We have an illustration of the devout humility of genuine pie...
CONTENTS: Visions of Nebuchadnezzar and their results. The forgotten dream and the failure of the astrologers. Daniel's interpretation after prayer for wisdom. CHARACTERS: Nebuchadnezzar, Daniel, Sha...
Daniel 2:1. _In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar,_ after he ascended the throne, according to the Chaldaic account, which was the fourth according to the Hebrew account. Nebuchadnezzar is thought by...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 2:1 Nebuchadnezzar expects his own interpreters to tell him the content of his dream, perhaps to prove that they are genuinely qualified to interpret it (vv. Daniel 2:1). Daniel’...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 2:14 Daniel leads his friends in praying to the true God for insight. ⇐ ⇔...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 2:15 DANIEL 1:1 requested from ARIOCH an appointment with the KING to reveal the
_HOMILETICS_ SECT. V.—THE ANSWERED PRAYER (_Chap_. Daniel 2:1). We come to the first of the visions given to Daniel. The occasion of it was a dream of Nebuchadnezzar, of which it was required to give...
EXPOSITION DANIEL 2:1 DANIEL FIRST BECOMES DISTINGUISHED. DANIEL 2:1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was trou
Now in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep was taken from him. Then the king commanded to call the magicians...
Daniel 2:9...