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Selected Verse: Daniel 2:17 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Da 2:17 |
King James |
Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Here appears the reason why Daniel sought "time" (Dan 2:16), namely he wished to engage his friends to join him in prayer to God to reveal the dream to him. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Then Daniel went to his house - It is quite evident that he had obtained the object of his request, though this is not expressly mentioned. The king was undoubtedly, for the reasons above stated, willing that he should have a fair opportunity to try his skill in disclosing the mysterious secret.
And made the thing known to Hananiah ... - Made the whole matter known - the perplexity respecting the dream; the failure of the Chaldeans to interpret it; the decree; and his own petition to the king. They had a common interest in knowing it, as their lives were all endangered. |
16 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.