The administrators who are envious of Daniel tricks Darius to issue a decree prohibiting anyone to worship in the next thirty days or be thrown to the lion’s den. The other administrators resented this and thought of ways to bring ruin to Daniel. – Daniel 5:30Ĭyrus, emperor of Persia, captures Babylon.Ĭyrus, emperor of Persia, appoints Darius the Mede as viceroy in Babylon.ĭarius notes Daniel’s good qualities and plans to elevate him to the highest administrative position. – Daniel 5:5-29īelshazzar is killed when Cyrus of Persia invades Babylon. – Daniel 5:1-4Ī handwriting appears on the wall and Belshazzar calls for Daniel who interprets it as a judgement from God. – Daniel 8:1-12īelshazzar holds a great feast and uses the holy vessels taken from Jerusalem. A voice tells him the meaning of the vision, and Daniel lies exhausted by the vision for many days after. – Daniel 7:1-7ĭaniel receives a vision of a ram and a goat.

Nabonidus appoints his son, Belshazzar, as his co-regent.ĭaniel experiences a vision of the four terrifying beasts but kept the vision to himself. Nebuchadnezzar dies and is replaced by a succession of short-lived kings. He praises God, and after seven months, his sanity is restored. Nebuchadnezzar experiences visions of a tree and being driven away from people and losing his sanity. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego are thrown into the furnace but are unharmed. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego continue to refuse to worship Nebuchadnezzar’s golden statue. Nebuchadnezzar confronts Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego about their disobedience. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego refuses to pay homage to Nebuchadnezzar’s golden statue. Nebuchadnezzar makes a golden statue and orders everyone to worship it or be thrown into the furnace. Jerusalem’s wall breaks and the Babylonians destroy Jerusalem, setting fire to the temple and the palace. Nebuchadnezzar begins siege of Jerusalem. – Daniel 1:18-20ĭaniel interprets Nebuchadnezzar’s dream about a statue made of gold, silver, bronze, iron, and clay. – Daniel 1:3-7ĭaniel and his friends complete their three years of learning. Daniel Timeline in Biblical History 620 BCĭaniel, along with his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah (later named Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego), is taken to Babylon, where they are ordered to learn Babylonian culture on Nebuchadnezzar’s orders.

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