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Daniel 3:1

Daniel 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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold,.... Not of solid gold; but either of a plate of gold, and hollow within; or of wood overlaid with gold; for otherwise it must have took up a prodigious…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold - The time when he did this is not mentioned; nor is it stated in whose honor, or for what design, this colossal image was erected. In the Greek and…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold - It is supposed that the history given here did not occur till the close, or near the end, of Nebuchadnezzar's reign. For it was after his insanity, as…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Daniel 3:1-7

We have no certainty concerning the date of this story, only that if this image, which Nebuchadnezzar dedicated, had any relation to that which he dreamed of, it is probable that it happened not long…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Daniel 3:1-7

Nebuchadnezzar's proclamation regarding the image.