Daniel 4:36

Returned unto me. With the restoration of his understanding Nebuchadnezzar also regained his royal dignity and his throne. In order to show the close connection between the return of reason and his restoration to sovereignty, this verse restates (see verse 34) the first element of his restoration. The second follows immediately, in the simple manner of Semitic narrative. An English narrator would have said, “When my understanding returned, then also my royal state and glory returned.”

Sought unto me. The word “sought” does not necessarily indicate that during the period of his insanity the king was allowed to wander about in the fields and desert without supervision, but it denotes the seeking of a person with a view to his official position. When it became known that the king’s reason had returned, the regents of state brought him back with all due respect in order that they might restore the government to him again. During his insanity these men had carried on the affairs of government.