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Book 27 · Major Prophet

Daniel

Daniel tells the story of faithful witness under imperial pressure, beginning in exile and unfolding through court narratives and apocalyptic visions. The book shows Judean servants living inside Babylonian and Persian power without surrendering allegiance to the God of Israel, while also revealing that earthly kingdoms rise and fall under God's sovereign rule. Its movement from personal faithfulness to cosmic revelation binds everyday obedience and end-time hope together.

Within Scripture, Daniel stands at the meeting point of wisdom, prophecy, and apocalyptic vision. It teaches how the people of God endure in hostile settings, how God grants wisdom beyond imperial learning, and how history itself is governed by His kingdom rather than by human empires. Daniel therefore speaks both to life in exile and to the final triumph of God's rule.

Chapters12
Reading time~43 min·9,900 words
ThemesJudgment · Holiness · Exile · Restoration
Opens with“In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.”
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  1. Chapter 1
    1. Daniel Removed to Babylonvv. 1-7
    2. Daniel’s Faithfulnessvv. 8-16
    3. Daniel’s Wisdomvv. 17-21
  2. Chapter 2
    1. Nebuchadnezzar’s Troubling Dreamvv. 1-13
    2. The Dream Revealed to Danielvv. 14-23
    3. Daniel Interprets the Dreamvv. 24-45
    4. Nebuchadnezzar Promotes Danielvv. 46-49
  3. Chapter 3
    1. Nebuchadnezzar’s Golden Statuevv. 1-7
    2. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego Accusedvv. 8-18
    3. The Fiery Furnacevv. 19-30
  4. Chapter 4
    1. Nebuchadnezzar Confesses God’s Kingdomvv. 1-3
    2. Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream of a Great Treevv. 4-18
    3. Daniel Interprets the Second Dreamvv. 19-27
    4. The Second Dream Fulfilledvv. 28-33
    5. Nebuchadnezzar Restoredvv. 34-37
  5. Chapter 5
    1. Belshazzar’s Feastvv. 1-4
    2. The Handwriting on the Wallvv. 5-12
    3. Daniel Interprets the Handwritingvv. 13-31
  6. Chapter 6
    1. The Plot against Danielvv. 1-9
    2. Daniel in the Lions’ Denvv. 10-24
    3. Darius Honors Godvv. 25-28
  7. Chapter 7
    1. Daniel’s Vision of the Four Beastsvv. 1-8
    2. Daniel’s Vision of the Ancient of Daysvv. 9-12
    3. Daniel’s Vision of the Son of Manvv. 13-14
    4. Daniel’s Visions Interpretedvv. 15-28
  8. Chapter 8Daniel’s Vision of the Ram and the Goat and Gabriel Interprets Daniel’s Vision
    1. Daniel’s Vision of the Ram and the Goatvv. 1-14
    2. Gabriel Interprets Daniel’s Visionvv. 15-27
  9. Chapter 9Daniel’s Prayer for His People and Gabriel’s Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks
    1. Daniel’s Prayer for His Peoplevv. 1-19
    2. Gabriel’s Prophecy of the Seventy Weeksvv. 20-27
  10. Chapter 10Daniel’s Vision by the Tigris
    1. Daniel’s Vision by the Tigrisvv. 1-21
  11. Chapter 11Kings of the South and North and The King Who Exalts Himself
    1. Kings of the South and Northvv. 1-35
    2. The King Who Exalts Himselfvv. 36-45
  12. Chapter 12The End Times
    1. The End Timesvv. 1-13
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