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.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHEN
- 605 BC
WHEN
605 BC
dated by the text itself
The first of the three deportations, in the same year as the Battle of Carchemish.
WHO RULED
- Nebuchadnezzar II king of Babylon 605-562 BC
- Neco II pharaoh of Egypt 610-595 BC
MEANWHILE
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605 BC Syria
Nebuchadnezzar defeats the Egyptians at Carchemish
The battle that hands the Levant to Babylon, in the same year that Daniel 1:1 begins.
SOURCES
- date — Daniel 1:1 dates itself by the third year of Jehoiakim; the Babylonian Chronicle (ABC 5) puts Nebuchadnezzar's first campaign in the Levant in 605 BC.
- Nebuchadnezzar II — Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), which date the Battle of Carchemish and the first campaign against Judah; Berossus, cited by Josephus in Against Apion I
- Neco II — Babylonian Chronicles (ABC 5), Battle of Carchemish; Herodotus II
- Nebuchadnezzar defeats the Egyptians at Carchemish — Babylonian Chronicle (ABC 5); Jeremiah 46:2 names the same battle
SEE ALSO
- 1 Kings 3:12 behold, I will do what you have asked. I will give you a wise and discerning heart, so that there has never been nor will ever be another like you.
- James 1:5 Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him.
- Job 32:8 But there is a spirit in a man, the breath of the Almighty, that gives him understanding.
- Daniel 2:21 He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.
- Daniel 2:23 To You, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, because You have given me wisdom and power. And now You have made known to me what we have requested, for You have made…
- Proverbs 2:6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
- Colossians 1:9 For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and…
- Psalms 119:98-100 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me. …
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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