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In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream and told the sum of the matters.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon — On the character and reign of Belshazzar, see Introduction to Daniel 5:0, Section II. He w…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

The date of this and of the following chapter comes in chronological order after the fourth chapter. As St. Jerome has observed, “In superiorib…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Hear. Daniel begins to offer instruction specific to the Church. For God had previously appointed him an interpreter and instructor to secular king…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel having finished the historical part of his book, and committed to …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

This vision contains the same prophetic representations as in Nebuchadnezzar's dream. The great sea agitated by the winds represented the earth and…

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