8The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.
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Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.
Commentary
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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