Daniel 2:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Daniel 2:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 wh...
Daniel 2:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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: E...
Daniel 2:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 wit...
Daniel 2:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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.
Daniel 2:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Why is the decree so hasty— Why is this dreadful decree gone forth from the king? Houbigant.
Daniel 2:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 c...
Daniel 2:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Daniel 2:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Daniel 2:15 - 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 2:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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 live...
Daniel 2:15 - 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 2:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 hi...
Daniel 2:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 whic...
Daniel 2:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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? ] Da...
Daniel 2:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 u...
Daniel 2:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Dream Revealed to Daniel; Daniel's Thanksgiving. B. C. 603. 14 Then Daniel answere...
Daniel 2:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 , whic...
Daniel 2:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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 woul...
Daniel 2:15 - 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 2:15 - 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 2:15 - 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 2:15 - 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 2:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Daniel Prepares to Interpret The King's Dream
Daniel 2:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Daniel 2:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Daniel 2:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 2:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 2:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Daniel 2:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Daniel 2:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Daniel 2:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 2:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Daniel 2:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Daniel 2:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Daniel 2:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Daniel 2:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Daniel 2:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Daniel 2:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Daniel 2:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel 2:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Daniel 2:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Daniel 2:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel 2:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Daniel 2:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Daniel 2:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Daniel 2:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Daniel 2:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Daniel 2:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge