Literary and historical context · Prophecy
World, setting, and sequence
Keep places, audiences, sequence, and historical claims clearly labeled.
Use this page with the passage open. Follow the references, test each conclusion, and return to the whole book for context.
A clear route through the whole book
The units preserve the book’s order. Read the surrounding passage whenever a unit crosses a chapter boundary, and do not let a memorable verse replace the argument or story around it.
- Daniel 1:1–21Daniel and his friends declining the royal food and appearing before the steward and king with wisdom
- Daniel 2:1–49Daniel praying with his friends, explaining the king’s statue dream, and the stone filling the earth
- Daniel 3:1–30The golden image on the plain, the three men refusing to bow, and four figures walking in the furnace
- Daniel 4:1–37The great tree dream, Nebuchadnezzar’s pride from the palace, and his later humbling and restoration
- Daniel 5:1–31Belshazzar’s feast with temple vessels, the writing on the wall, and Daniel giving the interpretation
- Daniel 6:1–28Daniel praying at the open window, sealed in the lions’ den, and found alive at dawn
- Daniel 7:1–28Four beasts rising from the sea and the Son of man receiving dominion
- Daniel 8:1–27The ram, goat, horns, and shattered power in the vision near the river Ulai
- Daniel 9:1–27Daniel reading Jeremiah, confessing in prayer, and receiving the difficult message about the appointed weeks
- Daniel 10:1–11:45Daniel mourning beside the river and receiving a vision of conflict among kingdoms
- Daniel 12:1–13Daniel hearing the promise of deliverance, resurrection, purification, and rest at the end of his days