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Text -- Daniel 7:1-2 (NET)

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Daniel has a Vision of Four Animals Coming up from the Sea
7:1 In the first year of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel had a dream filled with visions while he was lying on his bed. Then he wrote down the dream in summary fashion. 7:2 Daniel explained: “I was watching in my vision during the night as the four winds of the sky were stirring up the great sea.
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Names, People and Places:
 · Babylon a country of Babylon in lower Mesopotamia
 · Belshazzar the deputy king of Babylon after Nebuchadnezzar
 · Daniel the prophet who wrote the book of Daniel,son of David and Abigail,head of clan (Ithamar Levi) who pledged to obey God's law,prophet who wrote the book of Daniel
 · Great Sea the Mediterranean Sea


Dictionary Themes and Topics: DANIEL, BOOK OF | Dream | Persia | Vision | Daniel | Babylon | NUMBER | Winds | FOUR | Sea | more
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NET Notes: Dan 7:1 Aram “head of words.” The phrase is absent in Theodotion. Cf. NIV “the substance of his dream.”

NET Notes: Dan 7:2 The referent of the great sea is unclear. The common view that the expression refers to the Mediterranean Sea is conjectural.

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