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Daniel

Daniel (Old Testament • 12 Chapters): Daniel (Old Testament, 12 chapters). Key figures: Jehoiakim (or Eliakim ), Judah , Jacob/Israel , Daniel, Azariah (or Uzziah ), Elam . Key places: Babylon , Jerusalem , Shinar , Dura , Elam , Ulai . Opens with: "In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem , and besieged it...." Within the broader Biblical Knowledge Graph, this connects directly to Major & Minor Prophets of Israel —Spanning the eighth to fifth centuries BCE, the Major Prophets ( Isaiah , Jeremiah , Ezekiel , Daniel) and the Twelve Minor Prophets ( Hosea through Malachi ) called Israel and Judah back to covenant righteousness while foretelling redemption and the coming Messiah.

Connected Genealogical Figures & Lineage

Daniel (Generation 34 • Child of David ): Daniel is a biblical figure in Generation 34, child of David . ( 1 Chronicles 3:1 ) (mentioned in 1 Chronicles 3 , Ezra 8 , Nehemiah 10 )

Biblical Geography & Sacred Architecture

3D Sanctuary Reconstructions: Siege of Lachish Relief — Assyrian carved gypsum wall relief from King Sennacherib's South-West Palace at Nineveh depicting the 701 BC siege of the fortified Judean city of Lachish during the reign of King Hezekiah ( 2 Kings 18:14 ; Isaiah 36:1–2 ).

Scripture Witness (KJV) & Canonical Context

Primary KJV scripture witnesses include Daniel 7:14 : "And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass..."; Ezekiel 14:14 : "Though these three men, Noah , Daniel , and Job , were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord God."; Daniel 1:14 : "So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.". Related canonical books and chapters: Daniel (Old Testament • 12 Chapters), Ezekiel 14 ( Ezekiel • Chapter 14 (23 verses)), 1 Corinthians 14 ( 1 Corinthians • Chapter 14 (40 verses)).

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Daniel
99% Old Testament
Old Testament • 12 Chapters

Daniel (Old Testament, 12 chapters). Key figures: Jehoiakim (or Eliakim ), Judah , Jacob/Israel , Daniel, Azariah (or Uzziah ), Elam . Key places: Babylon , Jerusalem , Shinar , Dura , Elam , Ulai . Opens with: "In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem , and besieged it...."

Wiki Article • Prophets & Wisdom

Spanning the eighth to fifth centuries BCE, the Major Prophets ( Isaiah , Jeremiah , Ezekiel , Daniel ) and the Twelve Minor Prophets ( Hosea through Malachi ) called Israel and Judah back to covenant righteousness while foretelling redemption and the coming Messiah.

Daniel
96% Gen 34
Generation 34 • Child of David

Daniel is a biblical figure in Generation 34, child of David . ( 1 Chronicles 3:1 )

Ezekiel 14
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Ezekiel • Chapter 14 (23 verses)

Then came certain of the elders of Israel unto me, and sat before me. And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, Son of man, these men have set up their idols in their heart, and put the stumblingblock of their iniquity before their face: should I be enquired of at all by the... Mentions: Jacob/Israel , Noah , Daniel , Jerusalem .

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Overview of Daniel balancing heroic faithfulness in the royal courts of Babylon and Persia with apocalyptic visions of beastly human empires overcome by the eternal Kingdom of the Son of Man.

BibleProject • BibleProject CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 / Standard YouTube License
מַלְכוּ
malku (malḵû) [mal-KHOO]
H4437 Aramaic noun feminine 57x
kingdom, sovereign dominion, reign

Kingdom, empire, royal rule; the indestructible everlasting kingdom set up by the God of heaven breaking in pieces all human kingdoms (Daniel 2:44, 7:14).

Derivation: Aramaic corresponding to מַלְכוּת (H4438).
פְּלַח
pelah (pǝlaḥ) [pel-AKH]
H6399 Aramaic verb 10x
to serve, revere, minister to (God)

To serve, worship, minister religiously to God; used of the universal worship rendered to the Son of Man ('all peoples, nations, and languages should serve Him', Daniel 7:14, 27).

Derivation: Aramaic corresponding to פָּלַח (H6398).
שָׁלְטָן
soltan (šoltān) [shol-TAWN]
H7985 Aramaic noun masculine 14x
dominion, sovereign rule, everlasting dominion

Dominion, sovereign imperial rule; applied to the everlasting, indestructible dominion given to the Son of Man (Daniel 7:14, 27).

Derivation: Aramaic corresponding to שָׁלְטָן (H7983).
Interactive 3D Museum Relief • 2 Kings 18:13–17

Assyrian carved gypsum wall relief from King Sennacherib's South-West Palace at Nineveh depicting the 701 BC siege of the fortified Judean city of Lachish during the reign of King Hezekiah ( 2 Kings 18:14 ; Isaiah 36:1–2 ).

נָגִיד
nagid (nāḡîḏ) [naw-GEED]
H5057 Hebrew noun masculine 44x
leader, prince, ruler, captain

Leader, ruler, prince appointed by God over His people; used of David (2 Samuel 7:8) and the Messianic Prince in Daniel 9:25.

Derivation: From נָגַד (H5046) to place in front.
1 Corinthians 14
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1 Corinthians • Chapter 14 (40 verses)

Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy. For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries. But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men t...

Acts 14
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Acts • Chapter 14 (28 verses)

And it came to pass in Iconium , that they went both together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spake, that a great multitude both of the Jews and also of the Greeks believed. But the unbelieving Jews stirred up the Gentiles, and made their minds evil affected against the bre... Mentions: Iconium , Lystra , Derbe , Lycaonia , Antioch 1 .

John 14
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John • Chapter 14 (31 verses)

Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Judas .

Luke 14
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Luke • Chapter 14 (35 verses)

And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy. And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawfu... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .

Matthew 14
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Matthew • Chapter 14 (36 verses)

At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus , And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. For Herod had laid hold on John , and bound him, and put him in prison for Herod... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Gennesaret .

Mark 14
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Mark • Chapter 14 (72 verses)

After two days was the feast of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar of the people. And being in Bethany in the hous... Mentions: Simon , Yeshua the Messiah , Judas , James ( Jacob ), Bethany 1 , Galilee , Gethsemane , Nazareth .

Revelation 14
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Revelation • Chapter 14 (20 verses)

And I looked, and, lo, a Lamb stood on the mount Sion, and with him an hundred forty and four thousand, having his Father's name written in their foreheads. And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah , Babylon .

Romans 14
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Romans • Chapter 14 (23 verses)

Him that is weak in the faith receive ye, but not to doubtful disputations. For one believeth that he may eat all things: another, who is weak, eateth herbs. Let not him that eateth despise him that eateth not; and let not him which eateth not judge him that eateth: for God hath ... Mentions: Yeshua the Messiah .

1 Chronicles 14
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1 Chronicles • Chapter 14 (17 verses)

Now Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David , and timber of cedars, with masons and carpenters, to build him an house. And David perceived that the Lord had confirmed him king over Israel , for his kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel . And David took more... Mentions: David, Jacob/Israel, Shobab , Nathan , Solomon , Tyre , Jerusalem , Japhia , Rephaim , Baal .

1 Kings 14
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1 Kings • Chapter 14 (31 verses)

At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick. And Jeroboam said to his wife, Arise, I pray thee, and disguise thyself, that thou be not known to be the wife of Jeroboam; and get thee to Shiloh : behold, there is Ahijah the prophet, which told me that I should be king over thi... Mentions: Abijah , Jacob/Israel , David , Nadab , Rehoboam , Shiloh , Tirzah , Jerusalem , Naamah , Egypt .

1 Samuel 14
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1 Samuel • Chapter 14 (52 verses)

Now it came to pass upon a day, that Jonathan the son of Saul said unto the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over to the Philistines' garrison, that is on the other side. But he told not his father. And Saul tarried in the uttermost part of Gibeah under a pomeg... Mentions: Jonathan , Saul, Ahoah (or Ahiah ), Ahitub , Phinehas , Gibeah 1 , Migron , Shiloh , Bozez , Seneh .

2 Chronicles 14
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2 Chronicles • Chapter 14 (15 verses)

So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David : and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was quiet ten years. And Asa did that which was good and right in the eyes of the Lord his God: For he took away the altars of the strange gods, ... Mentions: Abijah , David , Asa, Judah , Benjamin , Mareshah , Gerar , Jerusalem .

2 Kings 14
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2 Kings • Chapter 14 (29 verses)

In the second year of Joash son of Jehoahaz king of Israel reigned Amaziah the son of Joash king of Judah . He was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem . And his mother's name was Jehoaddan of Jerusalem . And he did that wh... Mentions: Joash, Jehoahaz (or Johanan ), Jacob/Israel , Amaziah , Judah , Jerusalem, Edom , Sela , Joktheel 1 , Lebanon .

2 Samuel 14
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2 Samuel • Chapter 14 (33 verses)

Now Joab the son of Zeruiah perceived that the king's heart was toward Absalom. And Joab sent to Tekoa , and fetched thence a wise woman, and said unto her, I pray thee, feign thyself to be a mourner, and put on now mourning apparel, and anoint not thyself with oil, but be as a wo... Mentions: Zeruiah , Jacob/Israel , Tamar , Tekoa , Geshur , Jerusalem , Tamar 2 .

Daniel 1
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Daniel • Chapter 1 (21 verses)

In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem , and besieged it. And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the ho... Mentions: Jehoiakim (or Eliakim), Judah, Jacob/Israel , Daniel , Azariah (or Uzziah ), Babylon , Jerusalem , Shinar .

Daniel 2
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Daniel • Chapter 2 (49 verses)

And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his... Mentions: Daniel , Azariah (or Uzziah ), Judah , Babylon .

Daniel 3
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Daniel • Chapter 3 (30 verses)

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura , in the province of Babylon . Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains,... Mentions: Dura , Babylon .

Daniel 4
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Daniel • Chapter 4 (37 verses)

Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me. How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his king... Mentions: Daniel , Babylon .

Daniel 5
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Daniel • Chapter 5 (31 verses)

Belshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords, and drank wine before the thousand. Belshazzar, whiles he tasted the wine, commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem ; that ... Mentions: Daniel , Judah , Jerusalem , Babylon .

Papyrus 66 (Bodmer II) — Gospel of John 1:1–14
IMAGE • manuscripts

Magnificent early 3rd-century papyrus witness to the Johannine Prologue and the Incarnation.

Qumran Essene Scribes / Early Christian Copyists • Shrine of the Book / Israel Antiquities Authority Public Domain Mark 1.0
Map of Paul's First Missionary Journey (Acts 13–14)
IMAGE • maps

Antioch to Cyprus ( Salamis , Paphos ), Perga , Pisidian Antioch , Iconium , Lystra , and Derbe .

Historical Biblical Cartographers • Geographicus / Wikimedia Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0
Gustave Doré — Daniel in the Lions' Den (1866)
IMAGE • artwork

Daniel standing unharmed in the dark subterranean pit among calm lions under divine angelic protection.

Gustave Doré / La Grande Bible de Tours • La Grande Bible de Tours (1866) Public Domain Mark 1.0
Albrecht Dürer — The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1498)
IMAGE • artwork

Conquest, War, Famine, and Death galloping across humanity in Dürer's legendary woodcut masterpiece.

Albrecht Dürer • Metropolitan Museum of Art Public Domain Mark 1.0
Albrecht Dürer — Saint Michael Fighting the Dragon (1498)
IMAGE • artwork

The archangel Michael and his angels casting down the ancient dragon in the apocalyptic heavenly war.

Albrecht Dürer • Metropolitan Museum of Art Public Domain Mark 1.0

Scripture Passages (24)

Daniel 7:14 (KJV)
Daniel 7 KJV

And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed.

Ezekiel 14:14 (KJV)
Ezekiel 14 KJV

Though these three men, Noah , Daniel , and Job , were in it, they should deliver but their own souls by their righteousness, saith the Lord God.

So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.

Ezekiel 14:20 (KJV)
Ezekiel 14 KJV

Though Noah , Daniel , and Job , were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

And he said unto me, Unto two thousand and three hundred days; then shall the sanctuary be cleansed.

Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon :

Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days: for yet the vision is for many days.

I have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.

Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.

Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image which I have set up?

And in those times there shall many stand up against the king of the south: also the robbers of thy people shall exalt themselves to establish the vision; but they shall fall.

Therefore hath the Lord watched upon the evil, and brought it upon us: for the Lord our God is righteous in all his works which he doeth: for we obeyed not his voice.

He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away from under it, and the fowls from his branches:

But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be in Judaea flee to the mountains:

Daniel 7:1 (KJV)
Daniel 7 KJV

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.

Daniel 7:2 (KJV)
Daniel 7 KJV

Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.

Daniel 7:15 (KJV)
Daniel 7 KJV

I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my body, and the visions of my head troubled me.

Daniel 7:28 (KJV)
Daniel 7 KJV

Hitherto is the end of the matter. As for me Daniel , my cogitations much troubled me, and my countenance changed in me: but I kept the matter in my heart.

When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)

Now these were the sons of David , which were born unto him in Hebron ; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel , of Abigail the Carmelitess:

Now among these were of the children of Judah , Daniel , Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah :

Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of Meshach; and to Azariah , of Abed–nego.

But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince of the eunuchs.

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