Daniel

passages: 3
field: 1

Old Testament · passages in Daniel compared with current science.

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An ancient text dates a foreign king's invasion to a year when that king wasn't even on the throne yet.

Daniel 1:1

What it means: Daniel dates Nebuchadnezzar’s siege of Jerusalem to the third year of Jehoiakim, before Nebuchadnezzar’s accession as king.

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An ancient author identified the wrong person as the last king of Babylon, got his father wrong, and skipped several rulers in the succession.

Daniel 5:1-2,11,18,22

What it means: Daniel names Belshazzar king of Babylon and calls Nebuchadnezzar his father.

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An ancient text names a ruler who historians believe never existed — likely confusing him with a different person who lived 17 years later.

Daniel 5:31

What it means: Daniel says Darius the Mede received the kingdom after Babylon fell, a ruler unattested in the records of the conquest.

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