1And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.
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I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me.
On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; …
And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.
And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-13)We meet with a great difficulty in the date of this story; it is said to be in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Dan. 2:1. Now Daniel was carried to Babylon in his first year, and, it should seem, he was three years under tutors and governors before he was presented to the king, Dan. 1:5. How then could this happen in the second year ? Perhaps, though three years were appointed for t…
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