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“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
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There is a man in thy kingdom, in whom [is] the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, [I say], thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, [and] soothsayers;
Daniel 5:11 — KJV
There is a man. It need not be thought strange that Daniel was not among the group of wise men summoned by the king. His term of public service had doubtless closed some time before, perhaps with Nebuchadnezzar’s death or earlier (see p. 746).
Yet he would be well known to a representative of the earlier generation, to which the king’s mother belonged. On the possible reasons for his retirement see on v. 13.
Spirit of the holy gods. Compare Nebuchadnezzar’s statement (chs. 4:8, 9). The similarity supports the probability, suggested also by other evidence, that the queen was a close relative, probably a daughter, of Nebuchadnezzar (see p. 806). The information she imparts concerning Daniel’s distinguished service in the past and concerning the prophet’s elevated position under Nebuchadnezzar is apparently new to Belshazzar. This suggests that Daniel had not held office for some time prior to the event narrated here. Hence probably few men, if any, in the king’s entourage, who had grown up with him, were well acquainted with Daniel.
Nebuchadnezzar thy father. See on v. 2.
Magicians. See on ch. 1:20; cf. ch. 2:2, 27.
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