Daniele 4:8

8 Alla fine si presentò davanti a me Daniele, che si chiama Beltsatsar, dal nome del mio dio, e nel quale è lo spirito degli dèi santi; e io gli raccontai il sogno:

Daniele 4:8 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 4:8

But at the last Daniel came in before me
Whether sent for or no is not clear; the reason why he came not with the rest might be because he did not associate with them; nor did they care he should be among them, and present at this time; and it may be the king had forgot the knowledge he had of dreams; or, however, did not choose to send for him until he had tried all his wise men; and so it was ordered by the providence of God, and which is the chief reason of all, that he should come last, that the skill of the magicians might appear first to be baffled, and that Daniel, or rather Daniel's God, might be more known, and might be glorified: whose name was Belteshazzar, according to the name of my god;
so called by him and his courtiers, after the name of his god Bel, with which this name of Daniel begins; (See Gill on Daniel 1:7): and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods:
meaning either the holy angels, as Saadiah or speaking in his Heathenish manner, having imbibed the notion of many gods, some holy, and some impure; or it may be, speaking in the dialect of the Jews, he may mean the one true God who is holy, and from whom alone is the spirit of prophecy or of foretelling things to come; which he knew by former experience Daniel had: and before him I told the dream, saying;
as follows:

Daniele 4:8 In-Context

6 Ordine fu dato da parte mia di condurre davanti a me tutti i savi di Babilonia, perché mi facessero conoscere l’interpretazione del sogno.

7 Allora vennero i magi, gl’incantatori, i Caldei e gli astrologi; io dissi loro il sogno, ma essi non poterono farmene conoscere l’interpretazione.

8 Alla fine si presentò davanti a me Daniele, che si chiama Beltsatsar, dal nome del mio dio, e nel quale è lo spirito degli dèi santi; e io gli raccontai il sogno:

9 Beltsatsar, capo de’ magi, siccome io so che lo spirito degli dèi santi è in te, e che nessun segreto t’è difficile, dimmi le visioni che ho avuto nel mio sogno, e la loro interpretazione.

10 Ed ecco le visioni della mia mente quand’ero sul mio letto. Io guardavo, ed ecco un albero in mezzo alla terra, la cui altezza era grande.