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Dan 4:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king, To all peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you.
This is a unique chapter for several reasons.
Nebuchadnezzar the king : It was written by a gentile king, Daniel includes this epistle from Nebuchadnezzar in his collection of prophecies and highlights of his life that we call the Book of Daniel.
To all peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth: This letter of Nebuchadnezzar is addressed to the whole world, Chuck Missler posits that this letter was probably intended for distribution throughout the kingdom.
In any case it is certainly addressed to the whole world. Stephen Miller points out that many proclamations of the kings of Babylon and Assyria were similarly addressed.
This letter was probably written in Aramaic as that was the official language of the kingdom, and as we have already mentioned several times in this study this portion of Daniel is one of the few places in the bible where the original language of the text is Aramaic. Continue reading “Daniel 4 – Nebuchadnezzar’s Testimony”
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