Daniel 2:47

Your God is a God of gods. Better, “your God is God of gods.” The expression is in the superlative degree. Nebuchadnezzar, who called his patron god Marduk “lord of gods,” here acknowledges that Daniel’s God is infinitely superior to any of the so-called gods of the Babylonians.

Lord of kings. Nebuchadnezzar evidently knew that this was a title applied to Marduk in the Babylonian creation story; he himself annually received his kingship anew from Marduk in the New Year festival. Further, he was named for Nabu, the son of Marduk, the scribe who wrote the Tablets of Fate.

Nebuchadnezzar was himself a man of superior intelligence and wisdom, as his provision for the professional training of court officials (eh. 1:3, 4) and his ability to evaluate their “wisdom and understanding” (vs. 18-20) make clear. Imperfect as was Nebuchadnezzar’s concept of the true God, he now had irrefutable proof that Daniel’s God was infinitely wiser than either the wise men or the gods of Babylon. Later experiences were to convince King Nebuchadnezzar with respect to additional attributes of the God of heaven (see on chs. 3:28, 29; 4:34, 37; see also p. 751).