Daniel 2:37-43
king .... king ... kings <04430> [a king.]
God <0426> [the God.]
power <02632> [power.]
animals <02423> [the beasts.]
you ...... You .... head <0607 07217> [Thou art.]
The Chaldean monarchy, over which Nebuchadnezzar was the only king of note; in whose time it extended over Chaldea, Assyria, Arabia, Syria, Egypt, and Libya: the head of gold represented its immense riches.
another kingdom ........... kingdom one <0317 04437> [another kingdom.]
The empire of the Medes and Persians, whose union was denoted by the breast and two arms of silver; and which was established on the ruins of that of the Chaldeans on the capture of Babylon by Cyrus, B.C. 538.
another ........... third ... one <0317 08523> [another third.]
The empire of the Macedonians, or "brazen-coated Greeks," aptly denoted by the belly and thighs of brass, founded by Alexander the Great, who terminated the Persian monarchy by the overthrow of Darius Codomanus at Arbela, B.C. 331
fourth <07244> [the fourth.]
The Roman empire, which comprised nearly the whole world.
iron .... iron .......... iron <06523> [forasmuch.]
feet <07271> [the feet.]
toes <0677> [the toes.]
fragile <08406> [broken. or, brittle.]
to one another ........ with <01836 05974> [one to another. Chal. this with this. even.]
The Roman empire became weakened by a mixture of barbarous nations, by the incursions of whom it was torn asunder about the fourth century after Christ, and at length divided into ten kingdoms, answering to the ten toes of the image.
