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Daniel 2:25
Arioch hastily brought Daniel before the king and said to him, “I have found a man among the exiles from Judah who will tell the king the interpretation.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Arioch addresses King Nebuchadnezzar immediately after Daniel requests an audience to interpret the royal dream. The moment occurs during the king's crisis over the execution order for Babylon's wise men.
The words — The Hebrew בְּהִתְהַלָּה (be-hit-hal-lah) means "in haste," describing Arioch's urgent action in bringing Daniel forward. The conjunction וְכֵן (ve-ken) translates as "and as follows," marking the introduction of the promised interpretation.
The thread — The phrase "exiles from Judah" links to Daniel 1:6 and Daniel 5:13, where the monarchy explicitly identifies Daniel's foreign origin. This dynamic mirrors 1 Corinthians 1:27, which notes God's pattern of using the overlooked to address human limitation.
Why it lands — The verse records Arioch's urgent presentation of a Judean exile, establishing that the coming interpretation will bypass Babylon's court scholars. It requires the reader to note how revelation is routed through a marginalized figure to resolve royal anxiety.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.
Cross-references
- 1 Corinthians 1:27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
- Daniel 1:6 Among these young men were some from Judah: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
- Daniel 5:13 So Daniel was brought before the king, who asked him, “Are you Daniel, one of the exiles my father the king brought from Judah?
- Daniel 6:13 Then they told the king, “Daniel, one of the exiles from Judah, shows no regard for you, O king, or for the decree that you have signed. He still makes his petition three times a day.”
- Nehemiah 7:6 These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,
- Proverbs 24:11 Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter.
- Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.