Daniel 2 - A Prophecy Given To A King - KJV

1. In the Second Year of Nebuchadnezzar's Reign He Had a Dream That Troubled Him.

Daniel 2:1-3 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, ________________ his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. [2] Then the king ________________ to call the ________________, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the ________________, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. [3] And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream.

Daniel 2:4-6 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in ____________, O king, live for ever: tell thy ______________ the dream, and we will shew the interpretation. [5] The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a ______________. [6] But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall ____________ of me gifts and ____________ and great honour: ________________ shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.

Daniel 2:7-9 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his ______________ the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it. [8] The king answered and said, I know of ________________ that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me. [9] But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have ______________ lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be ____________: ________________ tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation ____________.

Nebuchadnezzar must have suspected that the wise men couldn't do all that they claimed to be able to do.

Daniel 2:10-13 The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the kings matter: ________________ there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any ______________, or __________________, or Chaldean. [11] And it is a rare thing that the king ________________, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose ______________ is not with flesh. [12] For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and ________________ to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. [13] And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his ____________ to be slain.

Daniel 2:14-16 Then Daniel answered with ____________ and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the kings guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of ____________: [15] He answered and said to Arioch the kings captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel. [16] Then Daniel went in, and ____________ of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the _________________________.

Daniel showed the correct approach to crisis.

Daniel 2:17-18 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to ______________, Mishael, and Azariah, his __________________: [18] That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven __________________ this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 2:19-24 Then was the secret ______________ unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. [20] Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his: [21] And he ______________ the times and the seasons: he ______________ kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know _______________________: [22] He ________________ the deep and secret things: he knoweth what is in the ______________, and the light ______________ with him. [23] I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the kings matter. [24] ________________ Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ______________ to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the _________________________.

This text reminds us that all wisdom and knowledge come from God. We do not get it without His help.

2. Arioch Brought Daniel to Nebuchadnezzar Claiming to Have Found a Man Who Go Tell the Dream to Him.

Daniel 2:25-27 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation. [26] The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was _____________________, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof? [27] Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath ______________ cannot the wise men, the ___________________, the ________________, the ___________________, shew unto the king;

Daniel 2:28-30 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king _________________________ what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the ____________ of thy head upon thy bed, are these; [29] As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed, what should come to pass ________________: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known to thee what shall come to pass. [30] But as for me, this secret is not ______________ to me for any wisdom that I have more than any __________, but for their sakes that shall make known the _________________________ to the king, and that thou ______________ know the thoughts of thy heart.

Daniel 2:31-33 Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image, whose __________________ was ________________, stood before thee; and the form ____________ was ______________. [32] This images head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, [33] His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.

Daniel 2:34-35 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. [35] Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces ______________, and became like the chaff of the summer ___________________________; and the wind ____________ them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great ______________, and __________ the whole earth.

1) Do you think that Nebuchadnezzar understood the dream? _________

2) How many different matierials was the image made of? _______

3) What were the different matierials?

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3. Daniel Gives the Inerpretation.

Daniel 2:36-38 This is the dream; and we will tell the _________________________ thereof before the king. [37] Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and ______________, and glory. [38] And ___________________ the ______________ of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.

Daniel 2:39-43 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth. [40] And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and ______________ all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and __________. [41] And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of ____________ clay, and part of iron, the kingdom shall be ____________; but there shall be in it of the ______________ of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay. [42] And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly __________. [43] And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall __________ __________________ with the seed of men: but they shall not __________ one to another, even as iron is not mixed with clay.

Daniel 2:44-45 And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be ________________: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these ______________, and it shall stand for ever. [45] ________________ as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the ______________ without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass ________________: and the dream is certain, and the _________________________ thereof sure.

Daniel 2:46-47 Then the king _________________________ fell upon his face, and __________________ Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him. [47] The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou ______________ reveal this secret.

Daniel 2:48-49 Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the ________________ over all the wise men of Babylon. [49] Then Daniel ________________ of the king, and he set ______________, Meshach, and ______________, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the gate of the king.

1) Do you think that Nebuchadnezzar understood the dream? _________

2) How many different matierials was the image made of? _______

3) What were the different matierials?

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