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Daniel 7:1
In the first year of the reign of Belshazzar over Babylon, Daniel had a dream, and visions passed through his mind as he lay on his bed. He wrote down the dream, and this is the summary of his account.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The text places Daniel alone in his bed during the first year of Belshazzar’s reign over Babylon, recording a personal visionary experience rather than addressing a crowd.
The words — The Hebrew חֵ֣לֶם (Che.lem) denotes a dream, while חֲזָ֔ה (cha.Zah) literally means he saw, describing the visual nature of the visions that passed through his mind.
The thread — This dream-vision framework connects to Daniel 4:5, where royal dreams cause alarm, and Daniel 1:17, which establishes Daniel’s God-given capacity for understanding literature and wisdom, while Jeremiah 23:28 addresses the proper handling of prophetic dreams.
Why it lands — The text explicitly states Daniel wrote down the dream and presents it as a summary of his account, requiring the reader to treat the vision as a documented record rather than a private or casual experience.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 23:28 Let the prophet who has a dream retell it, but let him who has My word speak it truthfully. For what is straw compared to grain?” declares the LORD.
- Daniel 1:17 To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding in every kind of literature and wisdom. And Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.
- Daniel 4:5 I had a dream, and it frightened me; while I was in my bed, the images and visions in my mind alarmed me.
- Daniel 5:1 Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.
- Joel 2:28 And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
- Amos 3:7 Surely the Lord GOD does nothing without revealing His plan to His servants the prophets.
- Genesis 46:2 And that night God spoke to Israel in a vision: “Jacob, Jacob!” He said. “Here I am,” replied Jacob.
- Numbers 12:6 He said, “Hear now My words: If there is a prophet among you, I, the LORD, will reveal Myself to him in a vision; I will speak to him in a dream.
- Job 33:14 For God speaks in one way and in another, yet no one notices.
- Daniel 2:1 In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams that troubled his spirit, and sleep escaped him.