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Selected Verse: Daniel 2:16 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Da 2:16 |
Strong Concordance |
Then Daniel [01841] went in [05954], and desired [01156] of [04481] the king [04430] that he would give [05415] him time [02166], and that he would shew [02324] the king [04430] the interpretation [06591]. |
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King James |
Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Daniel went in--perhaps not in person, but by the mediation of some courtier who had access to the king. His first direct interview seems to have been Dan 2:25 [BARNES].
time--The king granted "time" to Daniel, though he would not do so to the Chaldeans because they betrayed their lying purpose by requiring him to tell the dream, which Daniel did not. Providence doubtless influenced his mind, already favorable (Dan 1:19-20), to show special favor to Daniel. |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Then Daniel went in ... - Either by himself, or through the medium of some friend. Perhaps all that is meant is not that he actually went into the presence of the monarch, but that he went into the palace, and through the interposition of some high officer of court who had access to the sovereign, desired of him that he would give him time, and that he would make it known. It would rather appear, from Dan 2:24-25, that the first direct audience which he had with the king was after the thing was made known to him in a night vision, and it would scarcely accord with established Oriental usages that he should go immediately and unceremoniously into the royal presence. A petition, presented through some one who had access to the king, would meet all the circumstances of the case.
That he would give him time - He did not specify "why" he desired time, though the reason why he did it is plain enough. He wished to lay the matter before God, and to engage his friends in earnest prayer that the dream and the interpretation might be made known to him. This request was granted to him. It may seem remarkable, as no time was allowed to the Chaldeans that they might make inquiry Dan 2:8, that such a favor should have been granted to Daniel, especially after the execution of the sentence had been commenced; but we are to remember
(1) that the king would recollect the favor which he had already shown Daniel on good grounds, and the fact that he regarded him as endowed with great wisdom, Dan 1:19-20.
(2) Daniel did not ask, as the Chaldeans did, that the king should tell the dream before he undertook to explain it, but he proposed evidently to unfold the whole matter.
(3) It could not but occur to the king that Daniel had not yet been consulted, and that it was but reasonable that he should have a fair trial now, since it appeared that he was involved in the general sentence.
(4) The anxiety of the king to understand the dream was so great that he was willing to grasp at "any" hope in order that his perplexities might be relieved; and
(5) It is not improper to suppose that there may have been a Divine influence on the mind of this monarch, making' him willing to do so simple an act of justice as this, in order that it might be seen and acknowledged that the hand of God was in the whole matter. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
That he would give him time - That is, that he might seek unto God for a revelation of the thing. The Chaldeans dared not even to promise this; they would only pledge themselves for the interpretation, provided the king would furnish the dream. Daniel engages both to find the lost dream, and to give the proper interpretation. |
19 And the king [04428] communed [01696] with them; and among them all was found [04672] none like Daniel [01840], Hananiah [02608], Mishael [04332], and Azariah [05838]: therefore stood [05975] they before [06440] the king [04428].
20 And in all matters [01697] of wisdom [02451] and understanding [0998], that the king [04428] enquired [01245] of them, he found [04672] them ten times [06235] better [03027] than all the magicians [02748] and astrologers [0825] that were in all his realm [04438].
25 Then [0116] Arioch [0746] brought in [05954] Daniel [01841] before [06925] the king [04430] in haste [0927], and said [0560] thus [03652] unto him, I have found [07912] a man [01400] of the captives [01123] [01547] of [04481] Judah [03061], that will make known [03046] unto the king [04430] the interpretation [06591].
19 And the king [04428] communed [01696] with them; and among them all was found [04672] none like Daniel [01840], Hananiah [02608], Mishael [04332], and Azariah [05838]: therefore stood [05975] they before [06440] the king [04428].
20 And in all matters [01697] of wisdom [02451] and understanding [0998], that the king [04428] enquired [01245] of them, he found [04672] them ten times [06235] better [03027] than all the magicians [02748] and astrologers [0825] that were in all his realm [04438].
8 The king [04430] answered [06032] and said [0560], I [0576] know [03046] of [04481] certainty [03330] that ye [0608] would gain [02084] the time [05732], because [06903] [03606] ye see [02370] the thing [04406] is gone [0230] from [04481] me.
24 Therefore [03606] [06903] [01836] Daniel [01841] went in [05954] unto [05922] Arioch [0746], whom the king [04430] had ordained [04483] to destroy [07] the wise [02445] men of Babylon [0895]: he went [0236] and said [0560] thus [03652] unto him; Destroy [07] not [0409] the wise [02445] men of Babylon [0895]: bring me in [05954] before [06925] the king [04430], and I will shew [02324] unto the king [04430] the interpretation [06591].
25 Then [0116] Arioch [0746] brought in [05954] Daniel [01841] before [06925] the king [04430] in haste [0927], and said [0560] thus [03652] unto him, I have found [07912] a man [01400] of the captives [01123] [01547] of [04481] Judah [03061], that will make known [03046] unto the king [04430] the interpretation [06591].