Dan 2:38-40 | TSK | e4.org | the beasts ; ; Thou art The Chaldean monarchy, over which Nebuchadnezzar was the only king of note; in whose time it extended over Chaldea, Assyria, Arabia, Syria, Egypt, and Libya. The head of gold represented its immense riches.

‏ Daniel 2:38-40

the beasts Dan 4:21-22; Ps 50:10-11; Jer 27:5-7

Thou art The Chaldean monarchy, over which Nebuchadnezzar was the only king of note; in whose time it extended over Chaldea, Assyria, Arabia, Syria, Egypt, and Libya. The head of gold represented its immense riches. Dan 2:32

another kingdom The empire of the Medes and Persians, whose union was denoted by the breast and two arms of silver; and which was established on the ruins of that of the Chaldeans on the capture of Babylon by Cyrus, bc 538. Dan 2:32, Dan 5:28-31, Dan 7:5, Dan 8:3-4, Dan 8:20, Dan 11:2; Isa 44:28, Isa 45:1-5

another third The empire of the Macedonians, or "brazen-coated Greeks," aptly denoted by the belly and thighs of brass, founded by Alexander the Great, who terminated the Persian monarchy by the overthrow of Darius Codomanus at Arbela, bc 331; Dan 2:32, Dan 7:6-7, Dan 7:23, Dan 8:5-14, Dan 10:20, Dan 11:3-20; Zech 6:3, Zech 6:6

the fourth The Roman empire, which comprised nearly the whole world. Dan 2:33, Dan 7:19-26, Dan 8:24, Dan 9:26, Dan 11:36-45; John 11:48

forasmuch Dan 7:7; Jer 15:12; Amos 1:3