Category: Nebuchadnezzar’s dream (Daniel 2)

The greatest king of the Babylonian kingdom, Nebuchadnezzar, wondered what would happen after he died. Then he had a dream. This dream disturbed him so much that he sent for all the dream interpreters and soothsayers throughout the kingdom to come and explain both his dream and its meaning. But nobody was able to reveal this secret. This angered the king so much that he wanted to kill all the wise men of his empire. One of the wise men was Daniel, a young Hebrew who had been deported to Babylon to serve in the king’s court. When Daniel heard about the king’s decree to kill all the wise men, he retired to his home with his three friends, where they called to God to be merciful to them and to give them understanding of the dream and its interpretation.