Daniel 2:37 BSB — MannaFest

Daniel 2:37

You, O king, are the king of kings, to whom the God of heaven has given sovereignty, power, strength, and glory.

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ASV

Thou, O king, art king of kings, unto whom the God of heaven hath given the kingdom, the power, and the strength, and the glory;

KJV

Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.

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Commentary

1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Thou, O King, art a king of kings - The phrase “king of kings” is a Hebraism, to denote a supreme monarch, or one who has other kings under him as tributary, Ezr 7:12; Eze 26:7. As such it is applied by way of eminence to the Son of God, in Rev 17:14; Rev 19:16. As here used, it means that Nebuchadnezzar ruled over tributary kings and princes, or that he was the most eminent of the kings of the earth.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Thou . . . art a king of kings--The committal of power in fullest plenitude belongs to Nebuchadnezzar personally, as having made Babylon the mighty empire it was. In twenty-three years after him the empire was ended: with him its greatness is identified (Da 4:30), his successors having done nothing notable.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אַ֣נְתְּ	'an.tah	you	H607 →
מַלְכָּ֔א	mal.Ka'	king O	H4430 →
מֶ֖לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[are] [the] king of	H4430 →
מַלְכַיָּ֑א	mal.khai.Ya'	kings the	H4430 →
דִּ֚י	di	whom	H1768 →
אֱלָ֣הּ	'e.Lah	[the] God of	H426 →
שְׁמַיָּ֔א	she.mai.Ya'	heavens the	H8065 →
מַלְכוּתָ֥א	mal.khu.Ta'	kingdom the	H4437 →
חִסְנָ֛א	chis.Na'	power the	H2632 →
וְתָקְפָּ֥א	ve.ta.ke.Pa'	and strength the	H8632 →
וִֽיקָרָ֖א	vi.ka.Ra'	and honor the	H3367 →
יְהַב־	ye.hav-	he has given	H3052 →
לָֽךְ׃	Lakh	to you

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 62:11
God has spoken once; I have heard this twice: that power belongs to God,
leads to
- Revelation 19:1
  After this I heard a sound like the roar of a great multitude in heaven, shouting: “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God!
- Job 33:14
  For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.
- Isaiah 26:4
  Trust in the LORD forever, because GOD the LORD is the Rock eternal.
- Job 40:5
  I have spoken once, but I have no answer—twice, but I have nothing to add.”
- Psalms 68:34–35
  Ascribe the power to God, whose majesty is over Israel, whose strength is in the skies.
Through
Ezra 1:2
“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The LORD, the God of heaven, who has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, has appointed me to build a house for Him at…
leads to
- Isaiah 45:12–13
  It is I who made the earth and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host.
Through
Ezekiel 26:7
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses and chariots, with cavalry and a great company…
leads to
- Ezra 7:12
  Artaxerxes, king of kings. To Ezra the priest, the scribe of the Law of the God of heaven: Greetings.
- Ezekiel 23:24
  They will come against you with a host of peoples, with weapons, chariots, and wagons. They will array themselves against you on every side with buckler and shield and helmet. I will delegate judgment…