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DANIEL AND THE REVELATION-Uriah Smith
~The Response of History to the Voice of Prophecy~
Chapter 2-The Great Image
sovereign. So here Arioch represented that
he had found a man who could make known
the desired interpretation; as though with
great disinterestedness, in behalf of the king,
he had been searching for some one to solve
his difficulty, and had at last found him. In
order to see through this deception of his chief
executioner, the king had but to remember, as
he probably did, his interview with Daniel
(verse 16), and Daniel’s promise, if time could
be granted, to show the interpretation thereof.
VERSE 26. The king answered and said to
Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art
thou able to make known unto me the dream
which I have seen, and the interpretation
thereof? 27. Daniel answered in the presence
of the king, and said, The secret which the king
hath demanded cannot the wise men, the
