Daniel 4:28

God Judges the King for His Hubris

28 {All this happened} to Nebuchadnezzar the king.

Daniel 4:28 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 4:28

All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.
] All that was signified in the dream, his madness, the removal of him from the administration of government, and the brutal life he lived for seven years; for this was not a mere parable or fiction, as some have thought, framed to describe the state and punishment of a proud man, but was a real fact; though it is not made mention of by any historians, excepting what has been observed before out of Abydenus ^F14, (See Gill on Daniel 4:16), yet there is no reason to doubt of the truth of it, from this relation of Daniel; and is further confirmed by his observing the same to Belshazzar his grandson some years after it was done, as a known thing, and as an unquestionable matter of fact, ( Daniel 5:20 Daniel 5:21 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Apud Eubseb. Praepar. Evangel. l. 9. c. 41. p. 457.

Daniel 4:28 In-Context

26 {And in that} they said to leave alone the stump of the tree's root, so your kingdom [will be] restored for you {when} you acknowledge that heaven [is] sovereign.

27 Therefore, O king, let my advice be acceptable [to you] and your sin remove with righteousness and your iniquity with having mercy on [the] oppressed, {in case there might be a prolongation of your prosperity}.'"

28 {All this happened} to Nebuchadnezzar the king.

29 At the end of twelve months he was walking on the [roof of] {the royal palace} of Babylon.

30 And the king answered and said, "Is this not the great Babylon which I have built as a royal palace by the strength of my own power, and for the glory of my own majesty?"

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "It came upon"