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Daniel 2

Nebuchadnezzar demands that his wise men reveal both his dream and its interpretation. God reveals the mystery to Daniel: a great image represents successive kingdoms, but a stone cut without hands destroys them and becomes a great mountain; Daniel then receives honor and promotes his companions.

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Verses 1–13Nebuchadnezzar demands both his forgotten dream and its interpretation, threatening Babylon’s wise men Verses 14–23Daniel seeks mercy from God, receives the secret in a night vision, and blesses the God of heaven Verses 24–30Daniel stops the executions and tells the king that God, not human wisdom, reveals the secret Verses 31–35Daniel recounts the great image and the stone that breaks the kingdoms Verses 36–45Daniel interprets the image as successive kingdoms followed by God’s everlasting kingdom Verses 46–49Nebuchadnezzar honors Daniel’s God, promotes Daniel, and appoints his companions over Babylon’s affairs

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1And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar…2Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the…3And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a…4Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O…5The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing…6But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof,…7They answered again and said, Let the king tell his…8The king answered and said, I know of certainty that…9But if ye will not make known unto me the…10The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is…11And it is a rare thing that the king requireth,…12For this cause the king was angry and very furious,…13And the decree went forth that the wise men should…14Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the…15He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why…16Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that…17Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing…18That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven…19Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night…20Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God…21And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth…22He revealeth the deep and secret things: he knoweth what…23I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of…24Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had…25Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste,…26The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was…27Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said,…28But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets,…29As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy…30But as for me, this secret is not revealed to…31Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This…32This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and…33His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and…34Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without…35Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver,…36This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation…37Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the…38And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of…39And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee,…40And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch…41And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of…42And as the toes of the feet were part of…43And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they…44And in the days of these kings shall the God…45Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out…46Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped…47The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth…48Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave…49Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach,…