Daniel 2:1
And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams. And his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.
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Genesis 41:1And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed. And, behold, he stood by the river.
2 Chronicles 36:5Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And he did that which was evil in the sight of LORD his God.
Job 33:15In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falls upon men, in slumberings upon the bed.
Daniel 1:1In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and besieged it.
Daniel 4:2It has seemed good to me to show the signs and wonders that the Most High God has wrought toward me.
Daniel 6:18Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting, nor were instruments of music brought before him. And his sleep fled from him.
Matthew Henry on Daniel 2:1
It was said ( ch. i. 17 ) that Daniel had understanding in dreams; and here we have an early and eminent instance of it, which soon made him famous in the court of Babylon, as Joseph by the same means came to be so in the court of Egypt. This chapter is a history, but it is the history of a prophecy, by a dream and the interpretation of it. Pharaoh's dream, and Joseph's interpretation of it, related only to the years of plenty and famine and the interest of God's Israel in them; but Nebuchadnezzar's dream here,… Read the whole commentary →