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Daniel asserts that the meaning of history is that God’s kingdom is coming. As it does, faithful people persevere in their work for God. Believers can rely on the certainties the book proclaims: God is sovereign over human affairs and is effectively bringing in his eternal kingdom, which will encompass all nations. In this Tyndale commentary, Paul House shows how Daniel rewards readers who...

Nebuchadnezzar died peacefully, and in power, in 562 BC. None of his successors did. Nebuchadnezzar’s son Amel-Marduk succeeded him (see 2 Kgs 25:27–30), but ruled only two years (562–560 BC) before his brother-in-law Neriglissar (560–556 BC) replaced him. After four years, Nebuchadnezzar’s son Labashi-Marduk ruled for a short while before Nabonidus (556–539 BC), who was perhaps another son-in-law of Nebuchadnezzar (Dougherty 1929:60–63;
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