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THE STORY OF DANIEL THE PROPHET
Stephen N. Haskell
“But go thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest and stand in thy
lot at the end of the days.” Daniel 12:13.
This prophecy must have been known to
Nebuchadnezzar, if not before, at least after
his victory over Egypt, for it was familiar to
the Jews and there were Hebrews in the
Babylonian court. This throws light on the
fourth chapter of Daniel.
Having conquered the world,
Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in his house,
when one night he dreamed a dream. Success
had followed him wherever he turned. At his
feet bowed the representatives of all nations.
Into his coffers flowed the wealth of the east
and the west, and the north and the south.
About him was clustered the wit and the
learning of the age. Libraries were at his
command, and art flourished. Why should not
King Nebuchadnezzar flourish in his
