e, of the tribes of
Israel, three gates on the north side, the gate of Ruben one, the gate
of Juda one, the gate of Levi one.

48:32. And at the east side, four thousand and five hundred: and three
gates, the gate of Joseph one, the gate of Benjamin one, the gate of Dan
one.

48:33. And at the south side, thou shalt measure four thousand and five
hundred and three gates, the gate of Simeon one, the gate of Issachar
one, the gate of Zabulon one.

48:34. And at the west side, four thousand and five hundred, and their
three gates, the gate of Gad one, the gate of Aser one, the gate of
Nephthali one.

48:35. Its circumference was eighteen thousand: and the name of the city
from that day, The Lord is there.

The Lord is there.... This name is here given to the city, that is, to
the church of Christ: because the Lord is always with her till the end
of the world. Matt. 28.20.

THE PROPHECY OF DANIEL

DANIEL, whose name signifies THE JUDGMENT OF GOD, was of the royal blood
of the kings of Juda: and one of those that were first of all carried
away into captivity. He was so renowned for wisdom and knowledge, that
it became a proverb among the Babylonians, AS WISE AS DANIEL (Ezech.
28.3). And his holiness was so great from his very childhood, that at
the time when he was as yet but a young man, he is joined by the SPIRIT
of GOD with NOE and JOB, as three persons most eminent for virtue and
sanctity, Ezech. 14. He is not commonly numbered by the Hebrews among
THE PROPHETS: because he lived at court, and in high station in the
world: but if we consider his many clear predictions of things to come,
we shall find that no one better deserves the name and title of A
PROPHET: which also has been given him by the SON of GOD himself, Matt.
24, Mark 13., Luke 21.

Daniel Chapter 1

Daniel and his companions are taken into the palace of the king of
Babylon: they abstain from his meat and wine, and succeed better with
pulse and water. Their excellence and wisdom.

1:1. In the third year of the reign of Joakim, king of Juda,
Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem, and beseiged it.

1:2. And the Lord delivered into his hands Joakim, the king of Juda, and
part of the vessels of the house of God: and he carried them away into
the land of Sennaar, to the house of his god, and the vessels he brought
into the treasure house of his god.

His god... Bel or Belus, the principal idol of the Chaldeans.

1:3. And