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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...

This commentary focuses on the Hebrew and Aramaic text of Daniel, which features several historical notations that position its characters in specific times and places. Beginning in 1:1, these markers direct readers from the beginning of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II1 of Babylon in 605 BC (1:1) to the third year of Cyrus the Great2 of Persia’s rule in c. 537–536 BC (10:1). Along the way, the book stops in Nebuchadnezzar’s second year (c. 603–602 BC; 2:1), in
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