Guided Bible Studies for Hungry Christians

A long time ago there was a big empire called Babylonia that was ruled by a great king named Nebuchadnezzar. King Nebuchadnezzar 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.

The men who envy Daniel, hate him, resent him and loathe him now conspire to frame him. Since they couldn’t accuse Daniel of anything, all the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have to invent something that would turn the King against him. They persuade King Darius to pass a law forbidding anyone to petition any God, deity, or human, except Darius himself for thirty days. They were aware of great faith Daniel had in the LORD God; they know Daniel could never not pray to his God.

Daniel 5:22-23 tells us that Daniel told King Belshazzar, that he had not humbled his heart.  King Belshazzar lifted up himself against the Lord of heaven, and brought the vessels of his house so his lords, wives, concubines, could drink wine in them. Then he praised and glorify the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and stone.