Daniel 2:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 2:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar - There is an apparent chronological difficulty in this statement which has given some perplexity to expositors. It arises mainly from two so...
Daniel 2:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And in the (a) second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed (b) dreams, wherewith his spirit was (c) troubled, and (d) his sleep brake from him. (a) The father and the son were...
Daniel 2:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Forgotten Dream. Nebuchadnezzar, troubled by a dream which had escaped him, calls his magicians and orders them to recover it and explain its meaning. When they declare their inability, he issu...
Daniel 2:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

And . Thus linking on this chapter of momentous prophecy with Daniel 1 , which is pure history. the second year: 495 B.C. (Daniel's eighteenth year). Therefore Jehoiakim's fifth year, the year o...
Daniel 2:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel here says, — King Nebuchadnezzar dreamt in the second year of his reign. This seems contrary to the opinion expressed in the first chapter. For if Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem in th...
Daniel 2:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. The second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar -...
Daniel 2:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar— As the affairs of Babylon have so considerable a share in the historical parts of the book of Daniel, as well as in other parts of Scripture,...
Daniel 2:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. In the second year of the reign of Nebuchad...
Daniel 2:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The second year ] seems inconsistent with the statement in Daniel 1:5 , that Daniel and his companions were under training during three years of Nebuchadnezzar's reign. But it appears from the monu...
Daniel 2:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

II. (1) The second year. — Nebuchadnezzar was proleptically spoken of as “king of Babylon” in Daniel 1:1 , for his father did not die till after the battle of Carchemish. On the reign of Nebuch...
Daniel 2:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 wh...
Daniel 2:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Forgotten Dream Daniel 2:1-13 This was the second year of Nebuchadnezzar's sole reign. At first he was joint-governor with his father. From Daniel 2:4 b to Daniel 7:28 the Syriac langua...
Daniel 2:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Daniel 2:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS In Consequence of the King of Babylon forgetting the subject of a dream which had troubled him; Daniel, through the Lord, tells the monarch both his dream and the interpretation of it, and...
Daniel 2:1 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

TROUBLED KING—CALM SEER ‘Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams … Daniel sat in the gate of the king.’ Daniel 2:1 ; Daniel 2:49 The lessons of the chapter are— I. God in human life. —Nebuchadnezz...
Daniel 2:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar ,.... It was in the first year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign that Daniel was carried captive, Jeremiah 25:1 , three years Daniel had been under tut...
Daniel 2:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. Ver. 1. And in the second year. ] Of Daniel's...
Daniel 2:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar That is, according to the Babylonian account, or the fourth according to the Jewish; that is, in the second year of his reigning alone, or the four...
Daniel 2:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Nebuchadnezzar's Forgotten Dream. B. C. 603. 1 And in the second year of the reign of Ne...
Daniel 2:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

DANIEL CHAPTER 2 In this chapter are four principal parts: I. The king s, dream, Daniel 2:1 . II. The wise men's ignorance and danger, Daniel 2:2-13 . III. The revelation and interpretation o...
Daniel 2:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Chapter 2 Nebuchadnezzar's Dream And Its Consequences. Nebuchadnezzar Dreams and Requires His Wise Men To Tell Him The Content of His Dream ( Daniel 2:1-18 ). ‘And in the second year of the reign...
Daniel 2:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

HOMILETICS SECT. V.—THE ANSWERED PRAYER ( Chap . Daniel 2:1-19 ). 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...
Daniel 2:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Daniel 2:1-23 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 genui...
Daniel 2:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Daniel 2:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Nebuchahnezzar Dreamed Dreams. The Wise Men of Babylon In the conclusion of last chapter, we are informed that Daniel “had understanding in all visions and dreams.” Events are now ordered so th...
Daniel 2:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Daniel 2:1-27 DANIEL FIRST BECOMES DISTINGUISHED . Daniel 2:1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spi...
Daniel 2:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, when he had advanced from the position of coregent to that of sole regent of the Babylonian Empire, which must have been shortly after he had ex...
Daniel 2:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 36:5-7 ; Daniel 1:1-5 ; Daniel 6:18 ; Daniel 2:3 ; Daniel 4:5 ; Esther 6:1 ; Genesis 40:5-8 ; Genesis 41:1-36 ; Jeremiah 25:1 ; Job 33:15-17
Daniel 2:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

In the second year — This was properly in the fifth year of that king's reign, but in the second year after Daniel had been brought before the king. Dreams — It was one dream, but of many parts.

Daniel 2:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Daniel 2:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Daniel 2:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 2:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Daniel 2:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 2:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Daniel 2:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Daniel 2:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Daniel 2:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 2:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Daniel 2:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Daniel 2:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Daniel 2:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Daniel 2:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Daniel 2:1 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Daniel 2:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Daniel 2:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Daniel 2:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel 2:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Daniel 2:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Daniel 2:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 2:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Daniel 2:1 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Daniel 2:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel 2:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Daniel 2:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Daniel 2:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Daniel 2:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 2:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes