There is a man in your kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods. In the days of your father, light, understanding, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him. The king, Nebuchadnezzar, your father—yes, the king, your father—made him master of the magicians, enchanters, Chaldeans, and soothsayers
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 11. Father. So a grandfather might be styled. Jeremiah 27:7. Worthington.—Daniel was not perhaps at the head of the wise men. Calmet.—They were too jealous to mention him; and the intoxicated king and courtiers remembered not his merit, till an aged matron suggested that he should be consulted. He was probably ( Bible.) in some office, at Susa, yet happened to be then in Babylon, ( Calmet.) which was besieged; and thither he might have retired at the approached of Cyrus.