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Commentary on Daniel 1-6Translator's Preface · Part 1Translator's Preface · Part 2Translator's Preface · Part 3Translator's Preface · Part 4Printer's To the ReaderCalvin's DedicationCalvin's PrayerLecture firstDaniel 1:1-2Daniel 1:3Prayer Lecture 1Daniel 1:4Daniel 1:5Daniel 1:6-7Daniel 1:8Prayer Lecture 2Daniel 1:9Daniel 1:10Daniel 1:11-13Daniel 1:14-15Daniel 1:16Prayer Lecture 3Daniel 1:17Daniel 1:18-20Daniel 1:21Chapter 2Daniel 2:1Daniel 2:2Prayer Lecture 4Lecture fifthDaniel 2:3-4Daniel 2:5Daniel 2:6Daniel 2:7-9Prayer Lecture 5Daniel 2:10Daniel 2:11Daniel 2:12Daniel 2:13-15Daniel 2:16Daniel 2:13-15Daniel 2:19Prayer Lecture 6Daniel 2:20Daniel 2:21Daniel 2:22Daniel 2:23Prayer Lecture 7Daniel 2:24Daniel 2:25Daniel 2:26Daniel 2:27Daniel 2:29Daniel 2:30Prayer Lecture 8Daniel 2:31-35Prayer Lecture 9Lecture tenthDaniel 2:36-38Daniel 2:39Daniel 2:40-43Prayer Lecture 10Lecture eleventhDaniel 2:44-45Daniel 2:46Prayer Lecture 11Lecture twelfthDaniel 2:47Daniel 2:48Daniel 2:49Daniel 3:1Prayer Lecture 12Lecture thirteenthDaniel 3:2Daniel 3:3Daniel 3:4-5Daniel 3:6-7Prayer Lecture 13Daniel 3:8-12Daniel 3:13-15Daniel 3:16-18Prayer Lecture 14Lecture fifteenthDaniel 3:19-20Daniel 3:21-23Daniel 3:24-25Prayer Lecture 15Daniel 3:26Daniel 3:27Daniel 3:28Daniel 3:29Daniel 3:30Prayer Lecture 16Lecture seventeethDaniel 4:4-6Daniel 4:4-6Daniel 4:8-9Prayer Lecture 17Lecture eighteenthDaniel 4:10-12Daniel 4:13-16Prayer Lecture 18Daniel 4:17Daniel 4:18Daniel 4:19Daniel 4:20-22Daniel 4:23-24Prayer Lecture 19Daniel 4:25Daniel 4:26Daniel 4:27Prayer Lecture 20Daniel 4:28-32Daniel 4:33Daniel 4:34Prayer Lecture 21Lecture twenty-secondDaniel 4:35Daniel 4:36Daniel 4:37Prayer Lecture 22Daniel 5:1Daniel 5:2Daniel 5:3Daniel 5:4Daniel 5:5Prayer Lecture 23Daniel 5:6Daniel 5:7Daniel 5:8-9Daniel 5:10-11Prayer Lecture 24Lecture twenty-fifthDaniel 5:12Daniel 5:13-16Daniel 5:17Daniel 5:18-20Prayer Lecture 25Lecture twenty-sixthDaniel 5:21Daniel 5:22Daniel 5:23Daniel 5:24Daniel 5:25-28Daniel 5:29Prayer Lecture 26Daniel 5:30-31Daniel 6:1-2Daniel 6:3-5Daniel 6:6-7Prayer Lecture 27Lecture twenty-eighthDaniel 6:8-9Daniel 6:10Daniel 6:11Daniel 6:12Prayer Lecture 28Lecture twenty-ninthDaniel 6:13Daniel 6:14-15Daniel 6:16Daniel 6:17Daniel 6:18Daniel 6:19-20Prayer Lecture 29Lecture thirtiethDaniel 6:21-22Daniel 6:23Daniel 6:24Prayer Lecture 30Lecture thirty-firstDaniel 6:25-27Daniel 6:28Prayer Lecture 31The Third Year of JehoiakimNebuchadnezzarAncestors and Successors of NebuchadnezzarOther Major IndividualsCoreshThe King's DreamThe Image and its InterpretationThe Stone Cut Without HandsThe Colossus at DuraThe Names of the MagistratesThe Musical InstrumentsThe Son of GodA WatcherThe Madness of NebuchadnezzarThe Edict of PraiseBelshazzar and the FeastThe QueenThe Hand-writing on the WallThe Medes and PersiansDarius the MedeCapture of BabylonThe Three PresidentsThe King's DeceaseConcluding RemarksTranslation of Daniel 1-6

John Calvin · 75 of 200

Daniel 3:2

I do not know the derivation of the word “Satrap;” but manifestly all these are names of magistracies, and I allow myself to translate the words freely, since they are not Hebrew, and the Jews are equally ignorant of their origin. Some of them, indeed, appear too subtle; but they assert nothing but what is frivolous and foolish. We must be content with the simple expression — he sent to collect the satraps