Daniel 2:44

Overview - Daniel 2
Nebuchadnezzar, forgetting his dream, requires it of the Chaldeans, by promises and threatenings.
10 They acknowledging their inability are judged to die.
14 Daniel obtaining some respite finds the dream.
19 He blesses God.
24 He staying the decree is brought to the king.
31 The dream.
36 The interpretation.
46 Daniel's advancement.
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Daniel 2:44  (King James Version)
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.
 


in the days
Chal. in their days.
That is, in the days of one of these kingdoms, (see Ruth 1:1, ,)i.e, the Roman; in which the "God of heaven set up" the spiritual kingdom of the Messiah, which shall yet "become a great mountain, and fill the whole earth."

the God
Daniel 2:28 Daniel 2:37

set up
Genesis 49:10 ; Psalms 2:6-12 ; 72:1-20 Psalms 89:3 Psalms 89:4 Psalms 89:19-36 110:1-4 Isaiah 9:6 Isaiah 9:7
Matthew 3:2 Matthew 3:3 ; 28:18 Ephesians 1:20-22

which shall never
Daniel 4:3 Daniel 4:34 6:26 Daniel 7:13 Daniel 7:14 Psalms 145:13 ; Ezekiel 37:25 ; Micah 4:7 ; Luke 1:32 Luke 1:33
John 12:34 ; Revelation 11:15

kingdom
Chal. kingdom thereof. break.
8:25 Psalms 2:9 ; Psalms 21:8 Psalms 21:9 Isaiah 60:12 ; 1 Corinthians 15:24 1 Corinthians 15:25 ; Revelation 2:27 ; 19:15-20