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Updated: Sun, 09/04/2016 - 14:35 By adminPREVIOUSNEXT Now in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; and his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him.

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Daniel in the Septuagint (Lxx) - "The Book of Daniel with its so-called "Additions" has a special place in the Septuagint because, along with a few other books, it is extant in two complete, ancient versions.

The (earlier) OG translation, of which few witnesses remain, had been supplanted by the TH (Theodotion) Version by the first or second century CE." (Click for more detailed discussion)

Here is the NETS Septuagint translation of Daniel -

And in the twelfth year of Nabouchodonosor’s reign, it happened that visions and dreams befell him, and he was disturbed in his sleep.

And the king ordered that the enchanters and the magicians and sorcerers of the Chaldeans be brought in to tell the king his dreams.

And when they arrived, they stood in front of the king.

And the king said to them, “I have seen a dream, and my spirit was shaken.

Therefore, I want to find out about the dream.”

And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Syrian, “O lord, you shall live forever!

Tell the dream to your servants, and we will explain it.”

Then the king said in reply to the Chaldeans, “Unless you tell me the dream with certainty and disclose its sense, you will be made an example, and your possessions will be expropriated into the royal treasury.

But if you make plain to me the dream and tell its sense, you will receive all kinds of gifts, and you will be glorified by me.

Therefore, disclose the dream, and interpret.”

:7Then they answered a second time, saying, “O king, state the vision, so your servants will interpret regarding these matters.”

And the king said to them, “It is certain you are trying to buy time; therefore, as I have commanded: unless you render to me the dream and disclose its meaning, you will meet up with death.

For you have agreed to make lying words in my presence until the occasion changes.

Now, therefore, if you state the vision, which I saw during the night, I shall know that you can also disclose its sense.”

And the Chaldeans answered in the presence of the king, “Nobody on earth can say to the king what he has seen as you are asking!

And, no king or dynast has askeda such a matter of any sage or magician or Chaldean.

And the thing that you seek, O king, is difficult and important.

And there is no one who can disclose these things except some angel, whose habitation is not with any flesh; therefore, it is not possible that it happen, as you imagine.”

Then the king, being anxious and very sad, ordered to bring forth all the savants of Babylonia.

And it was decreed to execute all of them, but Daniel and all those who were with him were sought in order to be killed as well.

Then Daniel spoke counsel and knowledge to Arioch, the king’s chief cook, who was ordered to bring forward the savants of Babylonia.

And he inquired of him, saying, “Why is it being decreed so harshly by the king?”

Then Arioch made the ordinance clear to Daniel.

Now Daniel immediately went in to the king and petitioned that time might be given to him, and he would disclose everything in the presence of the king.

Then Daniel, departing to his own home, declared everything in detail to Hananias and Misael and Azarias, his companions.

And he proclaimed a fast and supplication and that help be sought from the Lord Most High about this mystery so that Daniel and those who were with him might not be delivered to destruction together with the savants of Babylon.

Then the mystery of the king was disclosed to Daniel.

In the night in a vision the matter was clearly brought to light.

Then Daniel blessed the Lord Most High and crying out he said,

“Let the name of the great Lord be blessed forever,

because wisdom and majesty are his.

And he changes seasons and times,

deposing kings and setting up,

giving to the sages wisdom

and understanding to those who have knowledge

and revealing deep and obscure things

and knowing what is in the darkness and in the light,

and with him there is release.

You, Lord of my ancestors,

I acknowledge and praise,

because you gave me wisdom and intelligence,

and now you have shown as much as I petitioned

in order to disclose regarding these things to the king.”

So when Daniel went in to Arioch, who had been appointed by the king to execute all the savants of Babylonia, he said to him, “Do not destroy the savants of Babylon, but bring me in to the king, and I will disclose everything in detail to the king.”

Then Arioch quickly brought Daniel in to the king and said to him: “I have found a wise person among the captives of the sons of Judea who will disclose everything in detail to the king.”

So having answered, the king said to Daniel, but called Baltasar in Chaldean, “Are you able to disclose to me the vision that I have seen and its sense?”

So Daniel spoke aloud in the presence of the king and said, “That which the king has seen: the explanation is not of the sages and enchanters and sorcerers and Gazarenes, but there is a Lord in heaven illumining mysteries who has disclosed to King Nabouchodonosor what must happen at the end of days.

O King, you shall live forever!

The dream and the vision of your head upon your bed is this: You, O king, after you reclined upon your couch, saw everything that must happen at the end of the days, and he that reveals mysteries has disclosed to you what is about to happen.

But as for me, this mystery was not brought to light because of wisdom that I have beyond all persons, but it was shown to me what you pondered in your heart by knowledge in order that it might be disclosed to the king.

“And you saw, O king.

And lo!

There was one image.

And that image was exceedingly great.

And its appearance, being extraordinary, stood in front of you, and the appearance of the image was frightening.

And the head was of good gold, the chest and the arms silver, the belly and the thighs bronze, and the legs iron, the feet partly of iron and partly of earthenware.

:34And you saw until when a stone was cut from a mountain, without hands, and it struck the image on the iron and earthenware feet and crushed them.

Then the iron as well as the earthenware and the bronze and the silver and the gold became powdery together and became more powdery, as it were, than the chaff on a threshing floor, and the wind threw them so that nothing remained of them.

And the stone that struck the image became a great mountain, and it struck the whole earth.

“This was the vision.

Now we will also tell the meaning in the presence of the king.

You, O king, are king of kings, and to you the Lord of heaven has given the kingdom and power and honor and glory.

In the whole world from humans and wild animals and birds of the air and fish of the sea, he has delivered them into your hands to rule over all—you are the gold head.

And after you will rise a kingdom smaller than yours and another kingdom of bronze, which will rule over the whole earth, and another kingdom, strong as iron, which saws everything and cuts down every tree, and the whole earth will be shaken.

And as you saw its feet partly of iron and partly of potter’s ware: there will be another kingdom in two parts, and some of the iron base will be in it; just as you saw the iron commixed with the clay ware, part of the kingdom will be strong, and part of it will be broken.

And as you saw the iron admixed with the clay ware, they will be commixed in races of humans, but they will not be in agreement or well disposed to one another, even as iron is not able to be blended with earthenware.

And in the times of these kings the God of heaven will set up another kingdom that will be forever and will not be corrupted.

And this kingdom will never permit another nation, but it will crush and abolish those kingdoms, and it will stand forever, just as you have seen a stone cut out of a mountain, without hands, and it ground the earthenware and the iron and bronze and silver and gold.

The great God has shown the king what will be at the end of the days, and the vision is precise, and the meaning of it trustworthy.”

Then Nabouchodonosor the king, falling facedown on the ground, did obeisance to Daniel and ordered that sacrifices and libations be carried out to him.

And the king cried out to Daniel and said, “It is certain; your God is God of gods and Lord of lords and Lord of kings who alone brings to light hidden mysteries, because you have been able to disclose this mystery!”

:48Then King Nabouchodonosor, after he magnified Daniel and bestowed many great presents, appointed him over the affairs of Babylonia and designated him ruler and leader of all the savants of Babylon.

And Daniel petitioned the king that Sedrach, Misach, Abdenago might be appointed over the affairs of the kingdom of Babylon.

And Daniel was in the royal court.

Recall that while Daniel is a book of prophecy, the first 6 chapters deal primarily with his personal life and the last 6 chapters deal with prophecy, specifically prophecy that deals with the nation of Israel.

In we do encounter a great prophecy which outlines the history of the Gentile nations and their interaction with Israel.

THE BOOK OF DANIEL

IN HEBREW & ARAMAIC

Daniel 1Daniel 2:4-7:28Daniel 8-12Written in

HebrewWritten in

AramaicWritten in

Hebrew

Daniel's

"No Compromise"

Stand

God's

Prophetic Plan

for Gentile NationsGod's

Prophetic Plan

for Israel

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THE ABC'S OF

BIBLE PROPHECY

Harry Ironside has said that "THIS second chapter has well been called “The A, B, C of prophecy.”