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Daniel 2:1 Cross-References
Explore 9 cross-references for Daniel 2:1 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Daniel chapter 2 verse 1 to related passages throughout the Bible.
Nebuchadnezzar's Dream
“And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.”
Daniel 2:1 (KJV)
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Commentary on Daniel 2:1
The timing 'second year of Nebuchadnezzar' creates an apparent chronological difficulty with Daniel 1:5, 18 (three years of training). This likely uses Babylonian accession-year dating where the first partial year doesn't count, making this approximately 603 BC. God sovereignly sends troubling dreams to the pagan king, demonstrating His control over even the sleep of mighty emperors. The repeated 'Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams' emphasizes the disturbing nature—multiple dreams or recurring visions that troubled his spirit. God uses dreams to reveal truth to pagans (cf. Pharaoh, Gen. 41; Abimele...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Daniel 2:1
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“I saw a dream which made me afraid”
“the king couldn't sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought”
“I have dreamed a dream”
“each man his dream”
“in a vision of the night”
“that Pharaoh dreamed: and behold”
“in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah”
“Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign”
“and besieged it.”