Lesson 2

2.Where was he in captivity?
3.For what purpose was he specially called before the king of Babylon?
4.How had the matter the king desired to know been shown to Daniel?
5.What did Daniel say was the subject of the king's dream? .
6.How did this image appear to the king? .
7.Of what was the head of the image composed? .
8.What formed his breast and arms?
9.What composed the lower part of the body?
10.What material composed its legs and feet? .
11.What was the extent of territory covered by the vision? Ans. The earth. .
12.What great blow did the image receive?
13.What became of the materials which composed the image? .
14.What became of the stone that smote the image?
15.What did Daniel say the head of gold represented? .
16.What was to be the nature of the succeeding kingdom? .
17.Who was the last Babylonian king? .
18.Who was Belshazzar?
19.To whom was Belshazzar's kingdom given? .
20.By what symbol is the Medo-Persian Empire elsewhere represented? .
21.What beast was seen to come up against this ram and overthrow him? .
22.What did the goat represent? .
23.How was this kingdom shown by the image? .
24.What was the nature and character of the fourth kingdom? .
25.Where is this kingdom spoken of, and by what is it known? .
26.What did the mixture of clay and iron in the feet and toes indicate? .
27.What is to take place in the days of the divided state of that once universal empire? .
28.How fully can we rely on the fulfillment of this prophecy? .

Notes

Belshazzar, or Belsharussur (Bel protects the king), was a son of Nabonadius. Nabonadius, formerly a Chaldean noble, reigned during the last seventeen years of the Babylonian Empire. By some it is supposed that Belshazzar is called the son of Nebuchadnezzar by virtue of being his successor; by others, Nabonadius, his father, is supposed to have married the daughter of Nebuchadnezzar. This latter supposition would make Nebuchadnezzar the grandfather of Belshazzar, and this is probably correct. When Cyrus began the siege of Babylon, Nabonadius advanced to meet him; he was defeated by Cyrus and retired to Borsippa, leaving Belshazzar, whom he had associated with him on the throne, in command at Babylon, and sole ruler of the city when it fell, in 538 B. C. See "Manual of Ancient History of the East," by Lenormant, vol. 1, pp. 488-490, and "Seven Great Monarchies," vol. 2, p. 255.

Bible texts in this lesson

Daniel 2:31 · Daniel 2:32 · Daniel 2:33 · Daniel 2:35 · Daniel 2:37 · Daniel 2:38 · Daniel 2:39 · Daniel 5:30 · Daniel 5:31 · Daniel 5:28 · Daniel 8:20 · Daniel 8:5-7 · Daniel 8:21 · Daniel 2:40 · Luke 2:1 · Daniel 2:41 · Daniel 2:44 · Daniel 2:45

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