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Daniel 2:17

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Then Daniel returned to his house and explained the matter to his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:

KJV

Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:

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This verse in Daniel 2

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jerome

St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER TWO · Written before 420.

Verses 16, 17. "Therefore when Arioch had explained the matter to Daniel, Daniel entered in and asked the king to grant him some time for the disclosure of the solution to the king. And he entered his home and disclosed the affair to his comrades, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah..." Daniel requested time, not that he might investigate secret things by the clever application of his intellect, but that he might beseech the Lord of Secrets.

This site's exposition

made the thing known to Hananiah

on Daniel 2:17-19

Daniel brings the crisis home to his three companions and asks them to desire mercies of the God of heaven together, the chapter's answer to how faith carries an impossible deadline, prayer shared rather than carried alone. The secret is revealed unto Daniel in a night vision, the same gift promised him at 1:17 now exercised for the first time, and his first act is to bless the God of heaven before he tells another soul. The order matters to the bench, worship comes before the report, gratitude before the reward it makes possible.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Hippolytus of Rome

Commentary on Daniel 2.5 · Written before 235.

proposed

"Then Daniel went into his house and made known the matter to Ananiah and Mishael and Azariah. And they sought mercies from the God of the heaven so that they would not also be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. Then the mystery was revealed to Daniel in a dream at night and Daniel blessed the God of heaven saying, 'May the name of the Lord be blessed forever and ever, because wisdom and understanding and strength are his.

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

St. Paul often entreats his friends to pray for him. Thus we must show that we put a value upon our friends, upon prayer, upon their prayers. (2.) He was particular in this prayer, but had an eye to, and a dependence upon, the general mercy of God: That they would desire the mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret,
Then Daniel went to his house,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

Here appears the reason why Daniel sought "time" (Da 2:16), namely he wished to engage his friends to join him in prayer to God to reveal the dream to him.
Then Daniel went to his house - It is quite evident that he had obtained the object of his request, though this is not expressly mentioned. The king was undoubtedly, for the reasons above stated, willing that he should have a fair opportunity to try his skill in disclosing the mysterious secret. And made the thing known to Hananiah ... - Made the whole matter known - the perplexity respecting the dream; the failure of the Chaldeans to interpret it; the decree; and his own petition to the king.

The words behind it

10 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • אֱדַ֥יִןthen

    ʾedayinH116 →57 times

  • דָּֽנִיֵּ֖אלDaniel

    daniyelH1841 →57 times

  • לְבַיְתֵ֣הּto house his

    levaytehH1005 →44 times

  • אֲזַ֑לhe went

    ʾazalH236 →7 times

  • וְ֠לַחֲנַנְיָהand to Hananiah

    velachananyahH2608 →29 times

  • מִֽישָׁאֵ֧לMishael

    mishaelH4333 →

  • וַעֲזַרְיָ֛הand Azariah

    vaazaryahH5839 →

  • חַבְר֖וֹהִיcompanions his

    chavrohiH2269 →6 times

  • מִלְּתָ֥אmatter the

    mileta'H4406 →24 times

  • הוֹדַֽע׃he made known

    hoda'H3046 →47 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The walk

5 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Daniel 3:12

    But there are some Jews you have appointed to manage the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—who have ignored you, O king, and have refused to serve your gods or worship the golden statue…

    it leads to

    • Daniel 6:13

      Then they told the king, “Daniel, one of the exiles from Judah, shows no regard for you, O king, or for the decree that you have signed. He still makes his petition three times…

    • Daniel 2:49

      And at Daniel’s request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to manage the province of Babylon, while Daniel remained in the king’s court.

    • Acts 17:7

      and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”

    • Proverbs 27:4

      Wrath is cruel and anger is like a flood, but who can withstand jealousy?

    • Acts 5:28

      “We gave you strict orders not to teach in this name,” he said. “Yet you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching and are determined to make us responsible for this man’s blood.”

Where this verse is studied

About Daniel

Daniel in the Lions' Den, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Daniel in the Lions' Den, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Daniel: the study guide →Read Daniel 2 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Hippolytus of Rome, Commentary on Daniel 2.5; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER TWO; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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