Bible Chapter Summary
Daniel 2 Summary
The Statue: Four Kingdoms and the Eternal Kingdom
Nebuchadnezzar dreams of a great statue made of different materials, destroyed by a stone cut without human hands. Daniel reveals and interprets the dream: four successive kingdoms will rise, but God will establish an eternal kingdom that will never be destroyed. The stone becomes a great mountain filling the whole earth.
Key themes
Key verses
Daniel 2:20-21
“Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:”
Daniel 2:34-35
“Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.”
Daniel 2:44
“And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.”
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