There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the Spirit of the Holy God. And in the days of your father, light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, were found in him; and King Nebuchadnezzar your father—your father the king—made him chief of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers.
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There is a man in thy kingdom - Namely, Daniel. As the queen-mother had lived in the time of Nebuchadnezzar, and recollected the im…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
The spirit.— Compare Daniel 4:8-9.
Your father.— No blood relationship is necessarily implied by this word…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
Here Daniel relates the occasion of his being brought before the king, as the reader and interpreter of the writing. The queen, he says, did this. …
John Gill
JohnGill
There is a man in your kingdom She does not say in his court; very probably, after the death of Nebuchadnezzar, perhaps i…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Daniel was forgotten at court; he lived privately and was then ninety years of age. Many consult servants of God on curious questions, or to explai…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes