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Daniel 7:1

In the first year of Baltasar, king of the Chaldeans Daniel had a dream, and visions of his head upon his bed: and he wrote his dream.

LXX2012 (British)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2I Daniel looked, and, behold, the four winds of heaven blew violently upon the great sea.

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Cross References

Genesis 46:2And God spoke to Israel in a night vision, saying, Jacob, Jacob; and he said, What is it?

Job 4:13But as when terror falls upon men, with dread and a sound in the night,

Isaiah 8:1And the Lord said to me, Take to yourself a volume of a great new + 8:1 Alex. paper, or, parchment. book, and write in it with a man's pen concerning the making a rapid plunder of spoils; for it is near at hand.

Jeremiah 23:28The prophet who has a dream, let him tell his dream; and he in whom is my word spoken to him, let him tell my word truly: what is the chaff to the corn? so are my words, says the Lord.

Jeremiah 36:4Thus said the Lord God of Israel concerning the captivity which I caused to be carried away from Jerusalem;

Daniel 1:17And as for these four children, God gave them understanding and prudence in all learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 7:1

The six former chapters of this book were historical; we now enter with fear and trembling upon the six latter, which are prophetical, wherein are many things dark and hard to be understood, which we dare not positively determine the sense of, and yet many things plain and profitable, which I trust God will enable us to make a good use of. In this chapter we have, I. Daniel's vision of the four beasts, ver. 1-8 . II. His vision of God's throne of government and judgment, ver. 9-14 . III. The interpretation of… Read the whole commentary →

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