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Dan. 2:48 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many greata gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of theb governors over all the wise men of Babylon.

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Dan. 2:6• ⁶But if ye show the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor: therefore show me the dream, and the interpretation thereof. (Dan. 2:6)

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Dan. 4:9• ⁹O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof. (Dan. 4:9)

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Dan. 5:11• ¹¹There 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 father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers; (Dan. 5:11)

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a great.

Dan. 2:6• ⁶But if ye show the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor: therefore show me the dream, and the interpretation thereof. (Dan. 2:6)

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Dan. 5:16• ¹⁶And I have heard of thee, that thou canst make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom. (Dan. 5:16)

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Gen. 41:39‑43• ³⁹And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Forasmuch as God hath showed thee all this, there is none so discreet and wise as thou art:
⁴⁰Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou.
⁴¹And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, See, I have set thee over all the land of Egypt.
⁴²And Pharaoh took off his ring from his hand, and put it upon Joseph's hand, and arrayed him in vestures of fine linen, and put a gold chain about his neck;
⁴³And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, {/kn}Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land{kn 1204} of Egypt. (Gen. 41:39‑43)

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Num. 22:16‑17• ¹⁶And they came to Balaam, and said to him, Thus saith Balak the son of Zippor, Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me:
¹⁷For I will promote thee unto very great honor, and I will do whatsoever thou sayest unto me: come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people. (Num. 22:16‑17)

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Num. 24:11• ¹¹Therefore now flee thou to thy place: I thought to promote thee unto great honor; but, lo, the Lord hath kept thee back from honor. (Num. 24:11)

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1 Sam. 17:25• ²⁵And the men of Israel said, Have ye seen this man that is come up? surely to defy Israel is he come up: and it shall be, that the man who killeth him, the king will enrich him with great riches, and will give him his daughter, and make his father's house free in Israel. (1 Sam. 17:25)

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1 Sam. 25:2• ²And there was a man in Maon, whose possessions were in Carmel; and the man was very great, and he had three thousand sheep, and a thousand goats: and he was shearing his sheep in Carmel. (1 Sam. 25:2)

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2 Sam. 19:32• ³²Now Barzillai was a very aged man, even fourscore years old: and he had provided the king of sustenance while he lay at Mahanaim; for he was a very great man. (2 Sam. 19:32)

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2 Kings 5:1• ¹Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him the Lord had given deliverance unto Syria: he was also a mighty man in valor, but he was a leper. (2 Kings 5:1)

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Job 1:3• ³His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east. (Job 1:3)

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Jer. 5:5• ⁵I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. (Jer. 5:5)

ruler.

Dan. 5:29• ²⁹Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. (Dan. 5:29)

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Dan. 6:1‑2• ¹It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
²And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage. (Dan. 6:1‑2)

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Dan. 4:9• ⁹O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof. (Dan. 4:9)

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Dan. 5:11• ¹¹There 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 father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers; (Dan. 5:11)

• Like Pharaoh, the king felt that “a man in whom the Spirit of God” was (Gen. 41:38), would be a valuable assistant in government. (“Daniel 2” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon.