Daniel 5:18

As for you, king, the Most High God gave Nebuchadnezzar your father the kingdom, greatness, honor, and majesty.

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O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:

In Context

17Then Daniel answered before the king, “Let your gifts be for yourself, and give your rewards to another person. Nevertheless, I will read the writing to you, king, and will tell you the meaning.

19Because of the greatness God gave him, all peoples, nations, and languages trembled and feared him. He put to death those he wanted to die, and he kept alive those he wished to live. He raised up those he wanted, and he humbled those he wished.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:8When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance— 1 when he divided all of mankind, 1 and he set the boundaries of the peoples, 1 as he also fixed the number of their gods. 1

Psalms 7:17I will give thanks to Yahweh for his justice; 1 I will sing praise to Yahweh Most High.

Psalms 47:2For Yahweh Most High is terrifying; 1 he is a great King over all the earth. 1

Jeremiah 27:7For all the nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until the time for his land comes. Then many nations and great kings will subdue him.

Lamentations 3:38Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and the good come? 1

Daniel 3:17If there is an answer, it is that our God whom we serve is able to keep us safe from the blazing furnace, and he will rescue us out of your hand, king.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 5:11-30

Daniel Brought before Belshazzar. ( b. c. 538.) 10 Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed: 11 There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy… Read the whole commentary →

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