Daniel 2:12

For this cause the king was angry, and very furious,.... Not only because they could not tell his dream, and the interpretation of it; but because they represented him as requiring a thing…

For this cause the king was angry - Because they failed in explaining the subject which had been referred to them. It is true that his anger was unjust, for their profession did not imply that they…

We meet with a great difficulty in the date of this story; it is said to be in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Dan 2:1. Now Daniel was carried to Babylon in his first year, and, it…

wisemen] of those versed in occult arts, as Gen 41:8; Jer 50:35 (of Babylon), and several times in the sequel (cf. p. 15). Similarly wisdom, Isa 47:10 (of Babylon), and ch. Dan 1:17; Dan 1:20.