Daniel 5:12
The Scripture
(12) Forasmuch as an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and shewing of hard sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar: now let Daniel be called, and he will shew the interpretation.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
In this chapter Daniel is taken to the king's banquet and, when the magicians attempt to summon the dead, Daniel's prayer causes the lions to fall from the sky and the magicians to be thrown into the fire. The passage teaches that God is sovereign over all and that prayer can bring deliverance.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Daniel 5:14Daniel 6:3Psalms 16:3Proverbs 12:26Proverbs 17:27Colossians 1:29Daniel 5:16I Kings 10:1I Kings 10:2I Kings 10:3II Chronicles 9:1II Chronicles 9:2
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