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Daniel 2:1

In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, he had dreams. His mind was troubled, and he could not sleep.

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And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.

In Context

2Then the king summoned the magicians and those who claimed to speak with the dead. He also called the sorcerers and wise men. He wanted them to tell him about his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:1It came about at the end of two full years that Pharaoh had a dream. Behold, he stood by the Nile.

2 Chronicles 36:5Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh his God.

Job 33:15In a dream, in a vision of the night, 1 when deep sleep falls upon men, 1 in slumber on the bed— 1

Daniel 1:1In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylonia came to Jerusalem and surrounded the city to cut off all supplies to it.

Daniel 4:2It has seemed good to me to tell you about the signs and wonders that the Most High has done for me. 1

Daniel 6:18Then the king went to his palace and he went through the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and 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 →

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