of the eunuchs brought them in
before Nabuchodonosor.

1:19. And when the king had spoken to them, there were not found among
them all such as Daniel, Ananias, Misael, and Azarias: and they stood in
the king's presence.

1:20. And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king
enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the diviners,
and wise men, that were in all his kingdom.

1:21. And Daniel continued even to the first year of king Cyrus.

Daniel Chapter 2

Daniel, by divine revelation, declares the dream of Nabuchodonosor, and
the interpretation of it. He is highly honoured by the king.

2:1. In the second year of the reign of Nabuchodonosor, Nabuchodonosor
had a dream, and his spirit was terrified, and his dream went out of his
mind.

The second year... Viz., from the death of his father Nabopolassar; for
he had reigned before as partner with his father in the empire.

2:2. Then the king commanded to call together the diviners and the wise
men, and the magicians, and the Chaldeans: to declare to the king his
dreams: so they came and stood before the king.

The Chaldeeans... That is, the astrologers, that pretended to divine by
stars.

2:3. And the king said to them: I saw a dream: and being troubled in
mind I know not what I saw.

2:4. And the Chaldeans answered the king in Syriac: O king, live for
ever: tell to thy servants thy dream, and we will declare the
interpretation thereof.

2:5. And the king, answering, said to the Chaldeans: The thing is gone
out of my mind: unless you tell me the dream, and the meaning thereof,
you shall be put to death, and your houses shall be confiscated.

2:6. but if you tell the dream, and the meaning of it, you shall receive
of me rewards, and gifts, and great honour: therefore, tell me the
dream, and the interpretation thereof.

2:7. They answered again and said: Let the king tell his servants the
dream, and we will declare the interpretation of it.

2:8. The king answered and said: I know for certain, that you seek to
gain time, since you know that the thing is gone from me.

2:9. If, therefore, you tell me not the dream, there is one sentence
concerning you, that you have also framed a lying interpretation, and
full of deceit, to speak before me till the time pass away. Tell me,
therefore, the dream, that I may know that you also give a true
interpretation thereof.

2:10. Then the Chaldeans answered before the king, and said: Ther