God

And the LORD gaue Iehoiakim king of Iudah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God, which he caried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god, and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.

Now God had brought Daniel into fauour and tender loue with the Prince of the Eunuches.

¶ As for these foure children, God gaue them knowledge, and skil in all learning and wisedome, and Daniel had vnderstanding in all visions and dreames.

1611 marginal noteOr, hee made Daniel vnderstand.

That they would desire mercies of the God of heauen concerning this secret, that Daniel and his fellowes should not perish with the rest of the Wise men of Babylon.

1611 marginal noteCald. from before God.

1611 marginal noteOr, that they should not destroy Daniel, &c.

¶ Then was the secret reuealed vnto Daniel in a night vision: then Daniel blessed the God of heauen.

Daniel answered and said; Blessed be the name of God for euer and euer: for wisedome and might are his:

1611 marginal notePsal. 113.2. and 115.18.

I thanke thee and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast giuen me wisedome and might, and hast made knowen vnto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made knowen vnto vs the kings matter.

But there is a God in heauen that reuealeth secrets, and maketh knowen to the king Nebuchad-nezzar, what shalbe in the latter dayes. Thy dreame, and the visions of thy head vpon thy bed, are these.

1611 marginal noteCald. hath made knowen.

Thou, O King, art a king of Kings: for the God of heauen hath giuen thee a kingdome, power, and strength, and glory.

And in the daies of these Kings shall the God of heauen set vp a kingdome, which shall neuer be destroyed: and the Kingdome shall not be left to other people, but it shall breake in pieces, and consume all these kingdomes, and it shall stand for euer.

1611 marginal noteCald. their dayes.

1611 marginal noteCald. kingdome thereof.

1611 marginal noteChap.4.3, 34. and 6.27. and 7.14, 27. mich 4.7. luke 1.33.