Daniel 2:11
“And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And it is a rare thing the king requireth, Meaning not scarce, or seldom heard of; for they had before asserted it never…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
And it is a rare thing that the king requireth - Chaldee, יקירה yaqqı̂yrâh - meaning, “choice, valuable, costly;” then,…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Daniel 2:1-13
We meet with a great difficulty in the date of this story; it is said to be in the second year of the reign of…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
rare difficult: properly heavy. The word has the same sense sometimes in Syriac, as Exo 18:18, in the…
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