PEOPLE OF THE BIBLE



                                NEBUCHADNEZZAR




2KI 24:1  In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim
became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.  

2KI 24:7  And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the
king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all
that pertained to the king of Egypt.  

2KI 24:10  At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up
against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.  

2KI 24:11  And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his
servants did besiege it.  

2KI 25:1  And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth
month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came,
he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built
forts against it round about.  

2KI 25:8  And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the
nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan,
captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem:  

2KI 25:22  And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son
of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.  

1CH 6:15  And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah
and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.  

2CH 36:5  Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight
of the LORD his God.  

2CH 36:6  Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in
fetters, to carry him to Babylon.  

2CH 36:7  Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to
Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.  

2CH 36:8  Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he
did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of
the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.  

2CH 36:9  Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned
three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the
sight of the LORD.  

2CH 36:10  And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought
him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made
Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.  

2CH 36:11  Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.  

2CH 36:12  And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and
humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the
LORD.  

2CH 36:13  And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him
swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning
unto the LORD God of Israel.  

2CH 36:14  Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed
very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of
the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.  

2CH 36:15  And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers,
rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on
his dwelling place:  

2CH 36:16  But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and
misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till
there was no remedy.  

2CH 36:17  Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew
their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no
compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he
gave them all into his hand.  

2CH 36:18  And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the
treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his
princes; all these he brought to Babylon.  

2CH 36:19  And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of
Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the
goodly vessels thereof.  

2CH 36:20  And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon;
where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of
Persia:  

2CH 36:21  To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the
land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath,
to fulfil threescore and ten years.  

EZR 1:7  Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD,
which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem, and had put them in the
house of his gods;  

JER 21:2  Enquire, I pray thee, of the LORD for us; for Nebuchadrezzar king of
Babylon maketh war against us; if so be that the LORD will deal with us
according to all his wondrous works, that he may go up from us.  

JER 21:7  And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah,
and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the
pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar
king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those
that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he
shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.  

JER 21:10  For I have set my face against this city for evil, and not for good,
saith the LORD: it shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he
shall burn it with fire.  

JER 22:25  And I will give thee into the hand of them that seek thy life, and
into the hand of them whose face thou fearest, even into the hand of
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.  

JER 25:9  Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the
LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them
against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these
nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an
astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.  

JER 27:6  And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar
the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him
also to serve him.  

JER 27:7  And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until
the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall
serve themselves of him.  

JER 27:8  And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not
serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their
neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith the
LORD, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have
consumed them by his hand.  

JER 27:9  Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor
to your dreamers, nor to your enchanters, nor to your sorcerers, which speak
unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:  

JER 32:28  Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give this city into the
hand of the Chaldeans, and into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and
he shall take it:  

JER 39:1  In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they
besieged it.  

JER 39:2  And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth
day of the month, the city was broken up.  

JER 39:3  And all the princes of the king of Babylon came in, and sat in the
middle gate, even Nergalsharezer, Samgarnebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris,
Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, with all the residue of the princes of the king of
Babylon.  

JER 39:4  And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them,
and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night,
by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went
out the way of the plain.  

JER 39:5  But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in
the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave
judgment upon him.  

JER 39:6  Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before
his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.  

JER 39:7  Moreover he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and bound him with chains, to
carry him to Babylon.  

JER 39:8  And the Chaldeans burned the king's house, and the houses of the
people, with fire, and brake down the walls of Jerusalem.  

JER 39:9  Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into
Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and those that fell
away, that fell to him, with the rest of the people that remained.  

JER 39:10  But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the
people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and
fields at the same time.  

JER 39:11  Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to
Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,  

JER 39:12  Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him
even as he shall say unto thee.  

JER 39:13  So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban,
Rabsaris, and Nergalsharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon's princes;  

JER 39:14  Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and
committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should
carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.  

JER 39:15  Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in
the court of the prison, saying,  

JER 39:16  Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD
of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for
evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee. 


JER 39:17  But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the LORD: and thou shalt
not be given into the hand of the men of whom thou art afraid.  

JER 39:18  For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword,
but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in
me, saith the LORD.  

JER 43:10  And say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel;
Behold, I will send and take Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and
will set his throne upon these stones that I have hid; and he shall spread his
royal pavilion over them.  

JER 46:2  Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which
was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon
smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.  

JER 46:13  The word that the LORD spake to Jeremiah the prophet, how
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon should come and smite the land of Egypt.  

JER 49:30  Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith
the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and
hath conceived a purpose against you.  

JER 49:31  Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without
care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.  

JER 49:32  And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle
a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners;
and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD.  

JER 49:33  And Hazor shall be a dwelling for dragons, and a desolation for ever:
there shall no man abide there, nor any son of man dwell in it.  

EZE 26:7  For thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring upon Tyrus
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, a king of kings, from the north, with horses,
and with chariots, and with horsemen, and companies, and much people.  

EZE 26:8  He shall slay with the sword thy daughters in the field: and he shall
make a fort against thee, and cast a mount against thee, and lift up the buckler
against thee.  

EZE 26:9  And he shall set engines of war against thy walls, and with his axes
he shall break down thy towers.  

EZE 26:10  By reason of the abundance of his horses their dust shall cover thee:
thy walls shall shake at the noise of the horsemen, and of the wheels, and of
the chariots, when he shall enter into thy gates, as men enter into a city
wherein is made a breach.  

EZE 26:11  With the hoofs of his horses shall he tread down all thy streets: he
shall slay thy people by the sword, and thy strong garrisons shall go down to
the ground.  

EZE 26:12  And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy
merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant
houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst
of the water.  

EZE 29:18  Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a
great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was
peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he
had served against it:  

DAN 1:1  In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.  

DAN 1:2  And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of
the vessels of the house of God: which he carried into the land of Shinar to the
house of his god; and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god. 


DAN 1:3  And the king spake unto Ashpenaz the master of his eunuchs, that he
should bring certain of the children of Israel, and of the king's seed, and of
the princes;  

DAN 1:4  Children in whom was no blemish, but well favoured, and skilful in all
wisdom, and cunning in knowledge, and understanding science, and such as had
ability in them to stand in the king's palace, and whom they might teach the
learning and the tongue of the Chaldeans.  

DAN 1:5  And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, and
of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end
thereof they might stand before the king.  

DAN 1:6  Now among these were of the children of Judah, Daniel, Hananiah,
Mishael, and Azariah:  

DAN 1:7  Unto whom the prince of the eunuchs gave names: for he gave unto Daniel
the name of Belteshazzar; and to Hananiah, of Shadrach; and to Mishael, of
Meshach; and to Azariah, of Abednego.  

DAN 1:8  But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with
the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he
requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.  

DAN 1:9  Now God had brought Daniel into favour and tender love with the prince
of the eunuchs.  

DAN 1:10  And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the
king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your
faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make
me endanger my head to the king.  

DAN 1:11  Then said Daniel to Melzar, whom the prince of the eunuchs had set
over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah,  

DAN 1:12  Prove thy servants, I beseech thee, ten days; and let them give us
pulse to eat, and water to drink.  

DAN 1:13  Then let our countenances be looked upon before thee, and the
countenance of the children that eat of the portion of the king's meat: and as
thou seest, deal with thy servants.  

DAN 1:14  So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten days.  

DAN 1:15  And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer and
fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the portion of the king's
meat.  

DAN 1:16  Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that
they should drink; and gave them pulse.  

DAN 1:17  As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill in all
learning and wisdom: and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams.  

DAN 1:18  Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should bring them
in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar.  

DAN 1:19  And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none
like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the
king.  

DAN 1:20  And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired
of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and astrologers
that were in all his realm.  

DAN 1:21  And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.  

DAN 2:1  And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar
dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. 


DAN 2:2  Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and
the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came
and stood before the king.  

DAN 2:3  And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was
troubled to know the dream.  

DAN 2:4  Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever:
tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.  

DAN 2:5  The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me:
if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye
shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.  

DAN 2:6  But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall
receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream,
and the interpretation thereof.  

DAN 2:7  They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream,
and we will shew the interpretation of it.  

DAN 2:8  The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the
time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.  

DAN 2:9  But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one
decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me,
till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye
can shew me the interpretation thereof.  

DAN 2:10  The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man
upon the earth that can shew the king's matter: therefore there is no king,
lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or
Chaldean.  

DAN 2:11  And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none
other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not
with flesh.  

DAN 2:12  For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to
destroy all the wise men of Babylon.  

DAN 2:13  And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they
sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.  

DAN 2:14  Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of
the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:  

DAN 2:15  He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree
so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.  

DAN 2:16  Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him
time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.  

DAN 2:23  I thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast
given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of
thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king's matter.  

DAN 2:24  Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to
destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the
wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king
the interpretation.  

DAN 2:25  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.  

DAN 2:26  The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art
thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the
interpretation thereof?  

DAN 2:27  Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret
which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the
magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king;  

DAN 2:28  But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known
to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Thy dream, and the
visions of thy head upon thy bed, are these;  

DAN 2:29  As for thee, O king, thy thoughts came into thy mind upon thy bed,
what should come to pass hereafter: and he that revealeth secrets maketh known
to thee what shall come to pass.  

DAN 2:30  But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I
have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the
interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy
heart.  

DAN 2:31  Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This great image,
whose brightness was excellent, stood before thee; and the form thereof was
terrible.  

DAN 2:32  This image's head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver,
his belly and his thighs of brass,  

DAN 2:33  His legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.  

DAN 2:34  Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote
the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces.  

DAN 2:35  Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold,
broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer
threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for
them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the
whole earth.  

DAN 2:36  This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before
the king.  

DAN 2:37  Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given
thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.  

DAN 2:38  And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and
the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler
over them all. Thou art this head of gold.  

DAN 2:39  And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and
another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.  

DAN 2:40  And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron
breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these,
shall it break in pieces and bruise.  

DAN 2:41  And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and
part of iron, the kingdom shall be divided; but there shall be in it of the
strength of the iron, forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay.  

DAN 2:42  And as the toes of the feet were part of iron, and part of clay, so
the kingdom shall be partly strong, and partly broken.  

DAN 2:43  And whereas thou sawest iron mixed with miry clay, they shall mingle
themselves with the seed of men: but they shall not cleave one to another, even
as iron is not mixed with clay.  

DAN 2:44  And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a
kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to
other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and
it shall stand for ever.  

DAN 2:45  Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain
without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the
silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come
to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof
sure.  

DAN 2:46  Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face, and worshipped
Daniel, and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto
him.  

DAN 2:47  The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your
God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing
thou couldest reveal this secret.  

DAN 2:48  Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts,
and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the
governors over all the wise men of Babylon.  

DAN 2:49  Then Daniel requested of the king, and he set Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego, over the affairs of the province of Babylon: but Daniel sat in the
gate of the king.  

DAN 3:1  Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was
threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain
of Dura, in the province of Babylon.  

DAN 3:2  Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the
governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the
sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the
image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.  

DAN 3:3  Then the princes, the governors, and captains, the judges, the
treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces,
were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the
king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. 


DAN 3:4  Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations,
and languages,  

DAN 3:5  That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp,
sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship
the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:  

DAN 3:6  And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast
into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.  

DAN 3:7  Therefore at that time, when all the people heard the sound of the
cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and all kinds of musick, all the people,
the nations, and the languages, fell down and worshipped the golden image that
Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.  

DAN 3:8  Wherefore at that time certain Chaldeans came near, and accused the
Jews.  

DAN 3:9  They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever. 


DAN 3:10  Thou, O king, hast made a decree, that every man that shall hear the
sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds
of musick, shall fall down and worship the golden image:  

DAN 3:11  And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth, that he should be cast
into the midst of a burning fiery furnace.  

DAN 3:12  There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the
province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have
not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which
thou hast set up.  

DAN 3:13  Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego. Then they brought these men before the king.  

DAN 3:14  Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them, Is it true, O Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego, do not ye serve my gods, nor worship the golden image
which I have set up?  

DAN 3:15  Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet,
flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall
down and worship the image which I have made; well: but if ye worship not, ye
shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace; and who
is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?  

DAN 3:16  Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O
Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.  

DAN 3:17  If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the
burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king.  

DAN 3:18  But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy
gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.  

DAN 3:19  Then was Nebuchadnezzar full of fury, and the form of his visage was
changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego: therefore he spake, and
commanded that they should heat the furnace one seven times more than it was
wont to be heated.  

DAN 3:20  And he commanded the most mighty men that were in his army to bind
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery
furnace.  

DAN 3:21  Then these men were bound in their coats, their hosen, and their hats,
and their other garments, and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery
furnace.  

DAN 3:22  Therefore because the king's commandment was urgent, and the furnace
exceeding hot, the flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego.  

DAN 3:23  And these three men, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, fell down bound
into the midst of the burning fiery furnace.  

DAN 3:24  Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and
spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the
midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.  

DAN 3:25  He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst
of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son
of God.  

DAN 3:26  Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery
furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of
the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and
Abednego, came forth of the midst of the fire.  

DAN 3:27  And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king's counsellors,
being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power,
nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the
smell of fire had passed on them.  

DAN 3:28  Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach,
Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that
trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that
they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.  

DAN 3:29  Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language,
which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego,
shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there
is no other God that can deliver after this sort.  

DAN 3:30  Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the
province of Babylon.  

DAN 4:1  Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that
dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.  

DAN 4:2  I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath
wrought toward me.  

DAN 4:3  How great are his signs! and how mighty are his wonders! his kingdom is
an everlasting kingdom, and his dominion is from generation to generation.  

DAN 4:4  I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house, and flourishing in my
palace:  

DAN 4:5  I saw a dream which made me afraid, and the thoughts upon my bed and
the visions of my head troubled me.  

DAN 4:6  Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon
before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.  

DAN 4:7  Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the
soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto
me the interpretation thereof.  

DAN 4:8  But at the last Daniel came in before me, whose name was Belteshazzar,
according to the name of my God, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods: and
before him I told the dream, saying,  

DAN 4:9  O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit
of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions
of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.  

DAN 4:10  Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed; I saw, and behold a tree
in the midst of the earth, and the height thereof was great.  

DAN 4:11  The tree grew, and was strong, and the height thereof reached unto
heaven, and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth:  

DAN 4:12  The leaves thereof were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it
was meat for all: the beasts of the field had shadow under it, and the fowls of
the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof, and all flesh was fed of it.  

DAN 4:13  I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed, and, behold, a watcher
and an holy one came down from heaven;  

DAN 4:14  He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his
branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit: let the beasts get away
from under it, and the fowls from his branches:  

DAN 4:15  Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth, even with a
band of iron and brass, in the tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with
the dew of heaven, and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the
earth:  

DAN 4:16  Let his heart be changed from man's, and let a beast's heart be given
unto him; and let seven times pass over him.  

DAN 4:17  This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the
word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the most High
ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will, and setteth
up over it the basest of men.  

DAN 4:18  This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar,
declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom
are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou art able; for
the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.  

DAN 4:19  Then Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, was astonied for one hour,
and his thoughts troubled him. The king spake, and said, Belteshazzar, let not
the dream, or the interpretation thereof, trouble thee. Belteshazzar answered
and said, My lord, the dream be to them that hate thee, and the interpretation
thereof to thine enemies.  

DAN 4:20  The tree that thou sawest, which grew, and was strong, whose height
reached unto the heaven, and the sight thereof to all the earth;  

DAN 4:21  Whose leaves were fair, and the fruit thereof much, and in it was meat
for all; under which the beasts of the field dwelt, and upon whose branches the
fowls of the heaven had their habitation:  

DAN 4:22  It is thou, O king, that art grown and become strong: for thy
greatness is grown, and reacheth unto heaven, and thy dominion to the end of the
earth.  

DAN 4:23  And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from
heaven, and saying, Hew the tree down, and destroy it; yet leave the stump of
the roots thereof in the earth, even with a band of iron and brass, in the
tender grass of the field; and let it be wet with the dew of heaven, and let his
portion be with the beasts of the field, till seven times pass over him;  

DAN 4:24  This is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the most
High, which is come upon my lord the king:  

DAN 4:25  That they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with
the beasts of the field, and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and they
shall wet thee with the dew of heaven, and seven times shall pass over thee,
till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to
whomsoever he will.  

DAN 4:26  And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree roots; thy
kingdom shall be sure unto thee, after that thou shalt have known that the
heavens do rule.  

DAN 4:27  Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break
off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the
poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.  

DAN 4:28  All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.  

DAN 4:29  At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of
Babylon.  

DAN 4:30  The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built
for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my
majesty?  

DAN 4:31  While the word was in the king's mouth, there fell a voice from
heaven, saying, O king Nebuchadnezzar, to thee it is spoken; The kingdom is
departed from thee.  

DAN 4:32  And they shall drive thee from men, and thy dwelling shall be with the
beasts of the field: they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen, and seven times
shall pass over thee, until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom
of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.  

DAN 4:33  The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was
driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of
heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles' feathers, and his nails like
birds' claws.  

DAN 4:34  And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lifted up mine eyes unto
heaven, and mine understanding returned unto me, and I blessed the most High,
and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever, whose dominion is an
everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation:  

DAN 4:35  And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing: and he
doeth according to his will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of
the earth: and none can stay his hand, or say unto him, What doest thou?  

DAN 4:36  At the same time my reason returned unto me; and for the glory of my
kingdom, mine honour and brightness returned unto me; and my counsellors and my
lords sought unto me; and I was established in my kingdom, and excellent majesty
was added unto me.  

DAN 4:37  Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven,
all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: and those that walk in pride
he is able to abase.  




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