6 Among those who were chosen were some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. 7 The chief official gave them new names: to Daniel, the name Belteshazzar; to Hananiah, Shadrach; to Mishael, Meshach; and to Azariah, Abednego.
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Daniel (Aramaic and Hebrew: דָּנִיֵּאל, romanized: Dānīyyēʾl, lit. 'God is my Judge'; [a] Greek: Δανιήλ, romanized: Daniḗl; Arabic: دانيال, romanized: Dāniyāl) is the main character of the Book of Daniel.
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He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning. Summary: Daniel is the account of a Jewish exile in Babylon who interprets dreams and receives divine visions.
Daniel was of noble birth, if not one of the royal family of Judah. He was carried captive to Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiachin, B. C. 606, when a youth. He was there taught the learning of the Chaldeans, and held high offices, both under the Babylonian and Persian empires.
Explore the stories of Daniel, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, while also unpacking Daniel’s dreams and visions in the book of Daniel in the Bible. Discover the book’s structure, meaning, and themes with videos, podcasts, and more from BibleProject™.
Tom Constable: Tom Constable’s Expository Notes on Daniel [] This is also available in the Net.Bible.org Study Environment. David Malick: An Introduction to the Book of Daniel []
Daniel is summoned and interprets the dream. The tree is Nebuchadnezzar himself, who for seven years will lose his mind and live like a wild beast.