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Anxiety Knows No Rank
Commentators note that King Nebuchadnezzar's troubled spirit reveals a universal truth: worldly power does not grant immunity from deep anxiety. His distress, which robbed him of sleep, shows that even the most powerful rulers are vulnerable and subject to concerns that their status cannot resolve, pointing to the need for a divine solution.
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Daniel
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Albert Barnes
On Daniel 2:3
18th Century
Theologian
And the king said to them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream—That is, clearly, to know all about…
Charles Ellicott
On Daniel 2:3
19th Century
Bishop
I have dreamed.— It has been questioned whether the king had really forgotten his dream, or whether he only pretended to have done…
John Calvin
On Daniel 2:3–4
16th Century
Theologian
Daniel first relates the great confidence of the Chaldeans, since they dared to promise the interpretation of a dream still unknown to them. Th…
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John Gill
On Daniel 2:3
17th Century
Pastor
And the king said to them, I have dreamed a dream What before is called dreams is here expressed in the singular, a dream…
Matthew Henry
On Daniel 2:1–13
17th Century
Minister
The greatest individuals are most susceptible to mental cares and troubles, which disturb their rest at night, while the sleep of the laboring pers…