Daniel Was Gifted by God 1-2 It was the third year of King Jehoiakim’s reign in Judah when King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon declared war on Jerusalem and besieged the city….

King Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream 1-3 In the second year of his reign, King Nebuchadnezzar started having dreams that disturbed him deeply. He couldn’t sleep. He called in all the Babylonian magicians,…

Four Men in the Furnace 1-3 King Nebuchadnezzar built a gold statue, ninety feet high and nine feet thick. He set it up on the Dura plain in the province…

A Dream of a Chopped-Down Tree 1-2 King Nebuchadnezzar to everyone, everywhere—every race, color, and creed: “Peace and prosperity to all! It is my privilege to report to you the…

The Writing of a Disembodied Hand 1-4 King Belshazzar held a great feast for his one thousand nobles. The wine flowed freely. Belshazzar, heady with the wine, ordered that the…

Daniel in the Lions’ Den 1-3 Darius reorganized his kingdom. He appointed one hundred twenty governors to administer all the parts of his realm. Over them were three vice-regents, one…

A Vision of Four Animals 1 In the first year of the reign of King Belshazzar of Babylon, Daniel had a dream. What he saw as he slept in his…

A Vision of a Ram and a Billy Goat 1 “In King Belshazzar’s third year as king, another vision came to me, Daniel. This was now the second vision. 2-4…

God’s Covenant Commitment 1-4 “Darius, son of Ahasuerus, born a Mede, became king over the land of Babylon. In the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, was meditating on…

A Vision of a Big War 1 In the third year of the reign of King Cyrus of Persia, a message was made plain to Daniel, whose Babylonian name was…