Daniel 7:1 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

In the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel had a dream and visions of his head upon his bed: then he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.

Close to the original. Clear modern English.

✦ MADE SIMPLE

During Belshazzar's first year as king of Babylon, Daniel had this wild dream while he was sleeping. The visions in his head were so intense that when he woke up, he immediately wrote everything down and shared the main points of what he saw.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

Sometimes God downloads the most important messages through our dreams — and Daniel made sure to hit record.

📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?

The Book of Daniel was written by a Jewish author for his people during the Hellenistic period, likely the 2nd century BCE. It was written

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