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Daniel 6 — Sermon Preparation

Below is a research summary for Daniel 6, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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preachers & commentators

Daniel 6 in the Hebrew

Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Count Glosses
דָּנִיֵּאל Dânîyêʼl H1841 21 Danijel
גֹּב gôb H1358 10 pit
אֱלָהּ ʼĕlâhh H426 12 God
אַרְיֵה ʼaryêh H744 9
אֲמַר ʼămar H560 11
מַלְכוּ malkûw H4437 10 dominion
שְׁכַח shᵉkach H7912 8 discover

How preachers through history handled this text

27 public-domain excerpts on Daniel 6, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 21 Alexander MacLaren 2 Spurgeon 2 Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“This division of the kingdom into 120 provinces is exactly in accordance with the assertion of Xenophon, who says that Cyrus appointed satraps over the conquered nations. Usher, in his Annals, thinks that Darius followed the suggestion of Cyrus, who instituted this method of government. This verse is reconciled with the first of Esther, by remembering that after the conquest of Egypt by Cambyses, and of Thrace and India by Darius Hystaspes, seven provinces were added to the number. …”

— Calvin, Commentary on Daniel - Volume 1, on Daniel 6:2–27 (Public Domain)

Places in the text

Based on ancient-geography data

  • Jerusalem — Dan 6:10

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