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Daniel 5:18 KJV
Daniel · chapter 5 · verse 18
O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:Daniel 5:18 · King James Version
Daniel 5:18 in context
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.
17Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyself, and give thy rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.
18O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom, and majesty, and glory, and honour:
19And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.
20But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and they took his glory from him:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- NebuchadnezzarNᵉbûwkadnetstsar{Nebukadnetstsar , king of Babylon}H5020 →
- kingdommalkûwdominionH4437 →
- majestyrᵉbûwincreaseH7238 →
- fatherʼab{father}H2 →
- gloryyᵉqâr{valueH3367 →
- kingmeleka kingH4430 →
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Here is, I. The information given to the king, by the queen-mother, concerning Daniel, how fit he was to be consulted in this difficult case. It is supposed that this queen was the widow of Evil-Merodach, and was that famous Nitocris whom Herodotus mentions as a woman of extraordinary prudence.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-29