Charles Ellicott Commentary Daniel 4:4

"I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at rest in my house, and flourishing in my palace." — Daniel 4:4 (ASV)

Flourishing. A word generally used to mean the growth of trees. Here, no doubt, it is suggested by the dream which follows, and for that reason is selected by Daniel. It should be noted that the Septuagint version here, as in Daniel 3:1, gives the eighteenth year as the date.

My palace. See Layard’s Nineveh and Babylon, p. 506.