Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.
Ver. 2. Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes.] Satrapas, not so called quia sat rapiant, as Lyra doateth; for it is a Persian word signifying such as were near the king's person. Superstition first looks to wind in great ones. Ezr 8:11 The Vulgate are "carried away to dumb idols, like as they are led." 1Co 12:2 They are sheepish, and will follow a leader as well into a penfold as a pasture; they also feed most greedily on the grass that will rot them.