Daniel Receives First Revelation From G-d

King Nebuchadnezzar exalted Daniel because of revealing his dream with its interpretation.

Daniel gives back the credit to G-d alone.

“The King’s Dream”

“Daniel Tells The Dream And Its Interpretation”

“The Four Kingdoms”

“Daniel Is Exalted By The King”

Nebuchadnezzar dreamt dreams; his spirit was agitated and his sleep was interrupted.
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The king said to them, “I have dreamt a dream and my spirit is agitated to know the dream.”
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… “The thing has escaped me! If you do not make the dream and its interpretation known to me, you will be cut to bits, and your homes will be made a dunghill!
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But if you do tell the dream and its interpretation, you will receive from me gifts, rewards and great honor; just tell me the dream and its interpretation!”
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The Chaldeans responded before the king and said, “There is no man on earth who can relate the king’s matter; that is why no king, leader or ruler has ever requested such a thing of any necromancer or astrologer or Chaldean.
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As a result of this the king grew upset and very angry, and he commanded to destroy all the sages of Babylonia.
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Then Daniel gave counsel and advice …
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Daniel went and requested of the king that he give him time to relate the interpretation to the king.
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Then, in a nocturnal vision, the secret was revealed to Daniel. Daniel then blessed the God of Heavens.
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Daniel exclaimed and said, “May the Name of God be blessed forever and ever, for wisdom and might are His!
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He reveals the deep and the mysterious; He knows what is in the darkness, and light dwells with Him.
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To You, O God of my forefathers, I give thanks and praise, for You have given me wisdom and might, and now You have made known to me what we requested of You, for You have made known to us the matter of the king.”
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… “Do not annihilate the wise men of Babylonia. Bring me before the king, and I will tell the interpretation to the king!”
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Daniel answered before the king, and said, “The secret the king requests, no wise men, astrologers, necromancers or demonists are able to tell the king.
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But there is a God in Heaven Who reveals secrets, …
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“You, O king, were watching and behold! a huge statue; this statue, which was immense, and whose brightness was extraordinary, stood opposite you, and its appearance was fearsome.
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As you watched, a stone was hewn without hands and struck the statue on its feet of iron and earthenware, and crumbled them.
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“You, O king — to whom the King of kings, Who is the God of Heavens, has given a strong kingdom, power, and honor,
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… — you are the head of gold.
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And after you will arise another kingdom inferior to you, and [then] another, a third kingdom, of copper, which will rule the whole earth.
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The fourth kingdom will be as strong as iron: …
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Then, in the days of these kingdoms, the God of Heaven will establish a kingdom that will never be destroyed nor will its sovereignty be left to another people; it will crumble and consume all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.
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… so has the great God made known to the king what will happen in the future. The dream is true and its interpretation is reliable.”
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Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face and prostrated himself to Daniel; and with offering and incense he wished to exalt him.
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The king exclaimed to Daniel and said, “In truth I know that your God is the God over gods, Lord of kings and Revealer of secrets, since you were able to reveal this secret.”
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Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many great gifts. He empowered him as ruler over the entire land of Babylon and chief official over all the sages of Babylonia.
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1 Now in the second year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep was interrupted.
2 And the king commanded to summon the necromancers, the astrologers, the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans to tell the king his dreams, and they came and stood before the king.
3 And the king said to them, “I dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.”
4 Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, “May the king live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we shall tell the interpretation.”
5 The king replied and said to the Chaldeans, “The matter has escaped me. If you do not let me know the dream and its meaning, you shall be torn limb from limb, and your houses shall be made into a dungheap.
6 But if you tell the dream and its meaning, you will receive gifts and lavish presents and great honor from me; but tell me the dream and its meaning.”
7 They replied a second time and said, “Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we shall tell the meaning.”
8 The king replied and said, “In truth, I know that this time you are doomed because you see that the matter has escaped me.
9 For if you do not tell me the dream, there is but one law for you, or if you have prepared yourselves to say before me a false and corrupt word, until the time changes, but tell me the dream, and I shall know that you will tell me its meaning.”
10 The Chaldeans replied before the king and said, “There is no man on the earth who can declare the king’s word; because no great and powerful king has asked such a thing of any necromancer, astrologer, or Chaldean.
11 And the matter that the king asks is difficult, and there is no other who can tell it before the king but the angels, whose dwelling is not with people.”
12 In view of this, the king was in great wrath and anger and ordered to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
13 And a decree was issued, and the wise men were being slain, and Daniel and his colleagues were sought to be slain.
14 Then Daniel answered with counsel and good sense to Arioch, the king’s chief executioner, who had gone out to slay the wise men of Babylon.
15 He replied and said to Arioch, the king’s ruler, “Why was the decree issued so hastily from before the king?” Then Arioch made the matter known to Daniel.
16 Then Daniel entered and requested of the king that time be given him, and the interpretation would be told to the king.
17 Then Daniel went home and let his colleagues, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, know of the matter.
18 And to pray and beg of the God of heaven about this secret, that Daniel and his colleagues should not perish with the remaining wise men of Babylon.
19 Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in the vision of the night; then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
20 Daniel spoke up and said, “May the Name of God be blessed from everlasting even to everlasting, to Whom are wisdom and might.
21 And He changes the times and the seasons, He removes kings and sets up kings; He grants wisdom to the wise and knowledge to those who know understanding.
22 He reveals the profound and secret things; He knows what is in the dark, and light dwells with Him.
23 To You, O God of my forefathers, I give thanks and praise, for You have given me wisdom and might, and now You have let me know what I requested of You, for the matter of the king You have let me know.”
24 In view of this, Daniel came in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon. He went, and so he said to him, “Do not destroy the wise men of Babylon! Bring me in before the king, and I shall tell the king the interpretation.”
25 Then Arioch brought Daniel in before the king in haste, and so he said to him, that “I have found a man of the exiles of Judea who will let the king know the interpretation.”
26 The king spoke up and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Do you have the ability to tell me the dream that I have seen and its interpretation?”
27 Daniel answered the king and said, “The secret that the king asks, no wise men, astrologers, necromancers, or demonologists can tell the king.
28 But there is a God in heaven Who reveals secrets, and He lets King Nebuchadnezzar know what will be at the end of days; that is your dream and the visions of your head on your bed.
29 You, O king, your thoughts came while on your bed, what will be after this, and the Revealer of secrets lets you know what will be.
30 And I-not with wisdom that I possess more than all living, did He reveal this secret to me, but in order that they should let the king know the interpretation, and you should know the thoughts of your heart.
31 O King, you were watching, and behold, one great image, an image which had a large base and with unusual splendor, was standing opposite you, and its form was frightening.
32 That image had a head of fine gold, its breast and its arms were of silver, its belly and thighs were of copper.
33 Its legs were of iron, and its feet were partly of iron and partly of clay.
34 You were watching until one stone was hewn without hands, and it struck the image on its feet of iron and clay and crumbled them.
35 Then the iron, the clay, the copper, the silver, and the gold crumbled together, and they were like chaff from the threshing floors of the summer, and the wind carried them off, and no place was found for them, and the stone that struck the image became a huge mountain and filled the entire earth.
36 This is the dream, and its interpretation we shall recite before the king.
37 You, O King, the King of kings, the God of heaven gave you a strong, powerful, and prominent kingdom.
38 And wherever people, wild beasts, and birds of the sky dwell, He has given into your hand and has given you dominion over them all. You are the head of gold.
39 And after you will arise another kingdom lower than you, and another-a third kingdom- of copper, which will rule over the entire earth.
40 And a fourth kingdom will be strong as iron, for iron crumbles and flattens everything, and like iron, which shatters all these, it will crumble and shatter.
41 And what you saw, the feet and the toes-which were partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron-so it will be a divided kingdom, and in it will be some of the strength of iron, in view of what you saw iron mixed with clay.
42 And the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly clay, for part of the kingdom will be strong and part of it will be broken.
43 And what you saw, iron mixed with clay, [connotes] that they will mingle with the seed of men, but they will not cleave one to the other, as iron does not mix with clay.
44 And in the days of these kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom forever, it will not be destroyed, and the kingdom will not be left to another people; it will crumble and destroy all these kingdoms, and it will stand forever.
45 Just as you saw that from the mountain a stone was hewn without hands, and it crumbled the iron, the copper, the clay, the silver, and the gold. The great God has let the king know what will be after this, and the dream is true, and its interpretation is reliable.”
46 Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face and prostrated himself before Daniel, and he ordered to offer up a meal-offering and libations to bring him satisfaction.
47 The king replied to Daniel and said, “Truly, your God is the God of the gods and the Master of the kings, and He reveals secrets, being that you were able to reveal this secret.
48 Then the king elevated Daniel and gave him many great gifts and gave him dominion over all the capital cities of Babylon, and he was the chief prefect over all the wise men of Babylon.
49 And Daniel requested of the king, and he appointed, over the affairs of the capital cities of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego; and Daniel was in the king’s gate.