Daniel 2 (JND) - Bible Truth Library

Chal. in their days.That is, in the days of one of these kingdoms, (see Ru 1:1,) i.e, the Roman; in which the "God of heaven set up" the spiritual kingdom of the Messiah, which shall yet "become a great mountain, and fill the whole earth."the God.

Dan. 2:28,37• ²⁸but there is a God in the heavens, who revealeth secrets, and maketh known to king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be at the end of days. Thy dream, and the visions of thy head upon thy bed are these:
³⁷Thou, O king, art a king of kings, unto whom the God of the heavens hath given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory; (Dan. 2:28,37)

set up.

Gen. 49:10• ¹⁰The sceptre will not depart from Judah, Nor the lawgiver from between his feet, Until Shiloh come, And to him will be the obedience of peoples. (Gen. 49:10)

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Psa. 2:6‑12• ⁶And *I* have anointed my king upon Zion, the hill of my holiness.
⁷I will declare the decree: Jehovah hath said unto me, Thou art my Son; *I* this day have begotten thee.
⁸Ask of me, and I will give thee nations for an inheritance, and for thy possession the ends of the earth:
⁹Thou shalt break them with a sceptre of iron, as a potter's vessel thou shalt dash them in pieces.
¹⁰And now, O kings, be ye wise, be admonished, ye judges of the earth.
¹¹Serve Jehovah with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
¹²Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish in the way, though his anger burn but a little. Blessed are all who have their trust in him. (Psa. 2:6‑12)

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Psa. 72:1‑20• ¹For Solomon. O God, give the king thy judgments, and thy righteousness unto the king's son.
²He will judge thy people with righteousness, and thine afflicted with judgment.
³The mountains shall bring peace to the people, and the hills, by righteousness.
⁴He will do justice to the afflicted of the people; he will save the children of the needy, and will break in pieces the oppressor.
⁵They shall fear thee as long as sun and moon endure, from generation to generation.
⁶He shall come down like rain on the mown grass, as showers that water the earth.
⁷In his days shall the righteous flourish, and abundance of peace till the moon be no more.
⁸And he shall have dominion from sea to sea, and from the river unto the ends of the earth.
⁹The dwellers in the desert shall bow before him, and his enemies shall lick the dust.
¹⁰The kings of Tarshish and of the isles shall render presents; the kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer tribute:
¹¹Yea, all kings shall bow down before him; all nations shall serve him.
¹²For he will deliver the needy who crieth, and the afflicted, who hath no helper;
¹³He will have compassion on the poor and needy, and will save the souls of the needy:
¹⁴He will redeem their souls from oppression and violence, and precious shall their blood be in his sight.
¹⁵And he shall live; and to him shall be given of the gold of Sheba; and prayer shall be made for him continually: all the day shall he be blessed.
¹⁶There shall be abundance of corn in the earth, upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon; and they of the city shall bloom like the herb of the earth.
¹⁷His name shall endure for ever; his name shall be continued as long as the sun: and men shall bless themselves in him; all nations shall call him blessed.
¹⁸Blessed be Jehovah Elohim, the God of Israel, who alone doeth wondrous things!
¹⁹And blessed be his glorious name for ever! and let the whole earth be filled with his glory! Amen, and Amen.
²⁰The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended. (Psa. 72:1‑20)

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Psa. 89:3‑4,19‑36• ³I have made a covenant with mine elect, I have sworn unto David my servant:
⁴Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne from generation to generation. Selah.
¹⁹Then thou spakest in vision of thy Holy One, and saidst, I have laid help upon a mighty one; I have exalted one chosen out of the people.
²⁰I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
²¹With whom my hand shall be established; and mine arm shall strengthen him.
²²No enemy shall exact upon him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him;
²³But I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him.
²⁴And my faithfulness and my loving-kindness shall be with him, and by my name shall his horn be exalted.
²⁵And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
²⁶*He* shall call unto me, Thou art my father, my *God, and the rock of my salvation;
²⁷And as to me, I will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
²⁸My loving-kindness will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him;
²⁹And I will establish his seed for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
³⁰If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in mine ordinances;
³¹If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments:
³²Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
³³Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor belie my faithfulness;
³⁴My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
³⁵Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David:
³⁶His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me; (Psa. 89:3‑4,19‑36)

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Psa. 110:1‑4• ¹Psalm of David. Jehovah said unto my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put thine enemies as footstool of thy feet.
²Jehovah shall send the sceptre of thy might out of Zion: rule in the midst of thine enemies.
³Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in holy splendour: from the womb of the morning shall come to thee the dew of thy youth.
⁴Jehovah hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art priest for ever after the order of Melchisedek. (Psa. 110:1‑4)

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Isa. 9:6‑7• ⁶For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder; and his name is called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty *God, Father of Eternity, Prince of Peace.
⁷Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with judgment and with righteousness, from henceforth even for ever. The zeal of Jehovah of hosts will perform this. (Isa. 9:6‑7)

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Matt. 3:2‑3• ²and saying, Repent, for the kingdom of the heavens has drawn nigh.
³For this is he who has been spoken of through Esaias the prophet, saying, Voice of him that crieth in the wilderness: prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths. (Matt. 3:2‑3)

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Matt. 28:18• ¹⁸And Jesus coming up spoke to them, saying, All power has been given me in heaven and upon earth. (Matt. 28:18)

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Eph. 1:20‑22• ²⁰in which he wrought in the Christ in raising him from among the dead, and he set him down at his right hand in the heavenlies,
²¹above every principality, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name named, not only in this age, but also in that to come;
²²and has put all things under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things to the assembly, (Eph. 1:20‑22)

which shall never.

Dan. 4:3,34• ³How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.
³⁴And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto the heavens, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the Most High, and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation. (Dan. 4:3,34)

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Dan. 6:26• ²⁶I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; for he is the living God, and steadfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end. (Dan. 6:26)

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Dan. 7:13‑14• ¹³I saw in the night visions, and behold, there came with the clouds of heaven one like a son of man, and he came up even to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
¹⁴And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all peoples, nations, and languages should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed. (Dan. 7:13‑14)

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Psa. 145:13• ¹³Thy kingdom is a kingdom of all ages, and thy dominion is throughout all generations. (Psa. 145:13)

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Ezek. 37:25• ²⁵And they shall dwell in the land that I have given unto Jacob my servant, wherein your fathers have dwelt; and they shall dwell therein, they, and their children, and their children's children for ever: and David my servant shall be their prince for ever. (Ezek. 37:25)

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Mic. 4:7• ⁷and I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation; and Jehovah shall reign over them in mount Zion, from henceforth even for ever. (Mic. 4:7)

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John 12:34• ³⁴The crowd answered him, We have heard out of the law that the Christ abides for ever; and how sayest thou that the Son of man must be lifted up? Who *is* this, the Son of man? (John 12:34)

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Rev. 11:15• ¹⁵And the seventh angel sounded his trumpet: and there were great voices in the heaven, saying, The kingdom of the world of our Lord and of his Christ is come, and he shall reign to the ages of ages. (Rev. 11:15)

kingdom.

Chal. kingdom thereof.

break.

Dan. 8:25• ²⁵And through his cunning shall he cause craft to prosper in his hand; and he will magnify himself in his heart, and by prosperity will corrupt many; and he will stand up against the Prince of princes: but he shall be broken without hand. (Dan. 8:25)

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Psa. 2:9• ⁹Thou shalt break them with a sceptre of iron, as a potter's vessel thou shalt dash them in pieces. (Psa. 2:9)

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Psa. 21:8‑9• ⁸Thy hand shall find out all thine enemies; thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
⁹Thou shalt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thy presence; Jehovah shall swallow them up in his anger, and the fire shall devour them: (Psa. 21:8‑9)

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Isa. 60:12• ¹²For the nation and the kingdom that will not serve thee shall perish; and those nations shall be utterly wasted. (Isa. 60:12)

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1 Cor. 15:24‑25• ²⁴Then the end, when he gives up the kingdom to him who is God and Father; when he shall have annulled all rule and all authority and power.
²⁵For he must reign until he put all enemies under his feet. (1 Cor. 15:24‑25)

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Rev. 2:27• ²⁷and he shall shepherd them with an iron rod; as vessels of pottery are they broken in pieces, as I also have received from my Father; (Rev. 2:27)

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Rev. 19:15‑20• ¹⁵And out of his mouth goes a sharp two-edged sword, that with it he might smite the nations; and he shall shepherd them with an iron rod; and he treads the wine-press of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.
¹⁶And he has upon his garment, and upon his thigh, a name written, King of kings, and Lord of lords.
¹⁷And I saw an angel standing in the sun; and he cried with a loud voice, saying to all the birds that fly in mid-heaven, Come, gather yourselves to the great supper of God,
¹⁸that ye may eat flesh of kings, and flesh of chiliarchs, and flesh of strong men, and flesh of horses and of those that sit upon them, and flesh of all, both free and bond, and small and great.
¹⁹And I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against him that sat upon the horse, and against his army.
²⁰And the beast was taken, and the false prophet that was with him, who wrought the signs before him by which he deceived them that received the mark of the beast, and those that worship his image. Alive were both cast into the lake of fire which burns with brimstone; (Rev. 19:15‑20)

• The expression, “in the days of these kings,” is to be noted, especially as following on verse 43, as giving the fact, elsewhere formally stated, that the last kingdom of the four will be subdivided into ten kingdoms; and this also marks the time when the God of heaven will set up a kingdom which will displace, first destroy and then displace, the last form of the Roman empire. This kingdom set up from heaven is the kingdom of Christ (see Dan. 7:1-14); and its first act will be to break the “image” in pieces, and then, when formally established in power by Christ Himself, it will enlarge itself, until it fills the whole earth; and it will have no successor, for it will stand forever. (“Daniel 2” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

And in the days of these kings shall the God of the heavens set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed; and the sovereignty thereof shall not be left to another people: it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, but itself shall stand for ever.