^29 (A)Now, Jeiel, the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon, and his wife’s name was Maacah; ³⁰ and his firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab, ³¹ Gedor, Ahio, and ^[a]Zecher. ³² Mikloth fathered ^[b]Shimeah. They also lived with their relatives in Jerusalem opposite their other relatives.

Genealogy from King Saul

^33 (B)Ner fathered Kish, Kish fathered Saul, and Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchi-shua, ^[c]Abinadab, and ^[d]Eshbaal. ³⁴ The son of Jonathan was ^[e]Merib-baal, and Merib-baal fathered Micah. ³⁵ The sons of Micah were Pithon, Melech, ^[f]Tarea, and Ahaz. ³⁶ Ahaz fathered ^[g]Jehoaddah, Jehoaddah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri fathered Moza. ³⁷ Moza fathered Binea; ^[h]Raphah was his son, Eleasah, his son, and Azel, his son. ³⁸ Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. ³⁹ The sons of his brother Eshek were Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third. ⁴⁰ The sons of Ulam were valiant mighty men, archers, and they had many sons and grandsons, 150 of them. All these were among the sons of Benjamin.

People of Jerusalem

9 So all Israel was enrolled in genealogies; and behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. And ^(C)Judah was taken into exile to Babylon for their infidelity.

The King Acknowledges God

4 ^[a]Nebuchadnezzar the king to all the peoples, nations, and populations of all ^[b]languages who live in all the earth: “May your ^[c](A)peace be great! ² I am pleased to declare the signs and miracles that the ^(B)Most High God has done for me.

The Vision of a Great Tree

⁴ “^[d]I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and ^(E)happy in my palace. ⁵ I saw a ^(F)dream and it startled me; and these appearances as I lay on my bed and the ^(G)visions ^[e]in my mind kept alarming me. ⁶ So I gave orders to ^(H)bring into my presence all the wise men of Babylon, so that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream. ⁷ Then the ^(I)soothsayer priests, the sorcerers, the ^[f]Chaldeans, and the diviners came in and I related the dream ^[g]to them, but they could not make its ^(J)interpretation known to me. ⁸ But finally Daniel came in before me, whose name is ^(K)Belteshazzar according to the name of my god, and in whom is ^[h](L)a spirit of the holy gods; and I related the dream ^[i]to him, saying, ⁹ ‘Belteshazzar, ^(M)chief of the soothsayer priests, since I know that ^(N)a spirit of the holy gods is in you and ^(O)no secret baffles you, ^(P)tell me the visions of my dream which I have seen, along with its interpretation.

¹⁰ ‘Now these were the ^(Q)visions ^[j]in my mind as I lay on my bed: I was looking, and behold, there was a ^(R)tree in the middle of the ^[k]earth and its height was great.

¹³ ‘I was looking in the ^(X)visions ^[n]in my mind as I lay on my bed, and behold, ^(Y)an angelic watcher, a ^(Z)holy one, descended from heaven.

¹⁸ This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, have seen. Now you, Belteshazzar, tell me its interpretation, since none of the ^(AH)wise men of my kingdom is able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able, because a ^(AI)spirit of the holy gods is in you.’

Daniel Interprets the Vision

¹⁹ “Then Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar, was appalled for a while as his ^(AJ)thoughts alarmed him. The king responded and said, ‘Belteshazzar, do not ^(AK)let the dream or its interpretation alarm you.’ Belteshazzar replied, ‘^(AL)My lord, if only the dream applied to those who hate you, and its interpretation to ^(AM)your adversaries! ²⁰ The ^(AN)tree that you saw, which became large and grew strong, whose height reached to the sky and was visible to all the earth, ²¹ and whose foliage was beautiful and its fruit abundant, and in which was food for all, under which the animals of the field lived and in whose branches the birds of the sky settled— ²² it is ^(AO)you, O king; for you have become great and grown strong, and your ^[t]majesty has become great and reached to the sky, and your ^(AP)dominion to the end of the earth. ²³ And in that the king saw an angelic watcher, a holy one, descending from heaven and saying, “^(AQ)Chop down the tree and destroy it; yet leave the stump ^[u]with its roots in the ground, but with a band of iron and bronze around it in the new grass of the field, let him be drenched with the dew of heaven, and let ^[v]him share with the animals of the field until ^(AR)seven ^[w]periods of time pass over him,” ²⁴ this is the interpretation, O king, and this is the decree of the Most High, which has ^(AS)come upon my lord the king: ²⁵ that you be ^(AT)driven away from mankind and your dwelling place be with the animals of the field, and you be given grass to eat like cattle and be drenched with the dew of heaven; and seven ^[x]periods of time will pass over you, until you recognize that the ^(AU)Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind and ^(AV)bestows it on whomever He wishes. ²⁶ And in that it was commanded to ^(AW)leave the stump ^[y]with the roots of the tree, your kingdom will ^[z]remain as yours after you recognize that it is ^(AX)Heaven that rules. ²⁷ Therefore, O king, may my ^(AY)advice be pleasing to you: ^(AZ)wipe away your sin by doing righteousness, and your wrongdoings by ^(BA)showing mercy to the poor, in case there may be a ^(BB)prolonging of your prosperity.’

The Vision Fulfilled

²⁸ “All of this ^(BC)happened to Nebuchadnezzar the king. ^29 (BD)Twelve months later he was walking on the roof of the royal palace of Babylon. ³⁰ The king began speaking and was saying, ‘Is this not Babylon the ^(BE)great, which I myself have built as a royal ^[aa]residence by the might of my power and for the honor of my majesty?’ ³¹ While the word was still in the king’s mouth, a voice ^[ab]came from heaven, saying, ‘King Nebuchadnezzar, to you it is declared: ^[ac]sovereignty has been removed from you, ³² and ^(BF)you will be driven away from mankind, and your dwelling place will be with the animals of the field. You will be given grass to eat like cattle, and ^(BG)seven ^[ad]periods of time will pass over you until you recognize that the ^(BH)Most High is ruler over the realm of mankind and bestows it on whomever He wishes.’ ³³ Immediately the word concerning Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled; and he was ^(BI)driven away from mankind and began eating grass like cattle, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until his hair had grown like eagles’ feathers and his nails like birds’ claws.

³⁴ “But at the end of ^[ae]that period, I, Nebuchadnezzar, raised my eyes toward heaven and my ^[af]reason returned to me, and I blessed the ^(BJ)Most High and praised and honored ^(BK)Him who lives forever;

³⁶ At that time my ^[ah](BQ)reason returned to me. And my majesty and ^(BR)splendor were ^[ai]restored to me for the honor of my kingdom, and my state counselors and my nobles began seeking me out; so I was reestablished in my ^[aj]sovereignty, and surpassing ^(BS)greatness was added to me. ³⁷ Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise, exalt, and honor the King of ^(BT)heaven, for ^(BU)all His works are ^[ak]true and His ways ^[al]just; and He is able to humble those who ^(BV)walk in pride.”

Vision of the Man with a Measuring Rod

40 In the ^(A)twenty-fifth year of our exile, at the beginning of the year, on the tenth of the month, in the fourteenth year after the ^(B)city was ^[a]taken, on this very day the ^(C)hand of the Lord was upon me and He brought me there. ² In the ^(D)visions of God He brought me into the land of Israel and set me on a very ^(E)high mountain, and on it ^(F)to the south there was something like a ^(G)structure of a city. ³ So He brought me there; and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of ^(H)bronze, with a ^(I)thread of flax and a ^(J)measuring ^[b]rod in his hand; and he was standing in the gateway. ⁴ And the man said to me, “^(K)Son of man, ^(L)see with your eyes, hear with your ears, and ^[c]pay attention to all that I am going to show you; for you have been brought here in order to show it to you. ^(M)Declare to the house of Israel all that you see.”

Measurements Relating to the Temple

⁵ And behold, there was a ^(N)wall on the outside of the ^[d]temple all around, and in the man’s hand was a measuring rod of six ^[e]cubits, ^[f]each of which was a ^[g]cubit and a hand width. So he measured the thickness of the ^[h]wall, one rod; and the height, one rod. ⁶ Then he went to the gate which faced ^(O)east, went up its steps, and measured the threshold of the gate, one rod ^[i]in width; and the other threshold was one rod ^[j]in width. ⁷ The ^(P)guardroom was one rod long and one rod wide; and there were five cubits between the guardrooms. And the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate ^[k]facing inward was one rod. ⁸ Then he measured the porch of the gate ^[l]facing inward, one rod. ⁹ And he measured the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and its side pillars, two cubits. And the porch of the gate was ^[m]faced inward. ¹⁰ The guardrooms of the gate toward the east numbered three on each side; the three of them had the same measurement. The side pillars also had the same measurement on each side. ¹¹ And he measured the width of the ^[n]gateway, ten cubits, and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits. ¹² There was a ^[o]barrier wall one cubit wide in front of the guardrooms on each side; and the guardrooms were six cubits square on each side. ¹³ And he measured the gate from the roof of the one guardroom to the roof of the other, a width of twenty-five cubits, from one door to the door opposite. ¹⁴ He made the side pillars sixty cubits high; the gate extended all around to the side pillar of the ^(Q)courtyard. ¹⁵ And from the front of the entrance gate to the front of the inner porch of the gate was fifty cubits. ¹⁶ And there were ^[p](R)shuttered windows looking toward the guardrooms, and toward their side pillars within the gate all around, and likewise for the porches. And there were windows all around inside; and on each side pillar were ^(S)palm tree decorations.

¹⁷ Then he brought me into the ^(T)outer courtyard, and behold, there were ^(U)chambers and a stone pavement made for the courtyard all around; thirty chambers ^[q]faced the pavement. ¹⁸ And the pavement (that is, the lower pavement) was by the ^[r]side of the gates, corresponding to the length of the gates. ¹⁹ Then he measured the width from the front of the ^(V)lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner courtyard, a ^(W)hundred cubits on the east and on the north.

²⁰ And as for the ^(X)gate of the outer courtyard which faced north, he measured its length and its width. ^21 [s]It had three ^(Y)guardrooms on each side; and its ^(Z)side pillars and its porches ^[t]had the same measurement as the first gate. Its length was ^(AA)fifty cubits, and the width ^(AB)twenty-five cubits. ²² Its ^(AC)windows, its porches, and its palm tree decorations had the same measurements as the ^(AD)gate which faced east; and ^[u]it was reached by seven ^(AE)steps, and its ^[v]porch was in front of them. ²³ The inner courtyard had a gate opposite the gate on the north as well as the gate on the east; and he measured a ^(AF)hundred cubits from gate to gate.

²⁴ Then he led me toward the south, and behold, there was a ^(AG)gate toward the south; and he measured its ^(AH)side pillars and its porches according to ^[w]those same measurements. ^25 [x]The gate and its porches had ^(AI)windows all around like ^[y]those other windows; the length was ^(AJ)fifty cubits and the width, twenty-five cubits. ²⁶ There were seven ^(AK)steps going up to it, and its porches were in front of them; and it had ^(AL)palm tree decorations on its side pillars, one on each side. ²⁷ The inner courtyard had a gate toward the ^(AM)south; and he measured from gate to gate toward the south, a ^(AN)hundred cubits.

²⁸ Then he brought me to the inner courtyard by the south gate; and he measured the south gate ^(AO)according to those same measurements. ²⁹ Its ^(AP)guardrooms also, its side pillars, and its ^(AQ)porches were according to those same measurements. And ^[z]the gate and its porches had ^(AR)windows all around; it was ^(AS)fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. ³⁰ There were ^(AT)porches all around, twenty-five cubits long and five cubits wide. ³¹ And its porches were toward the outer courtyard; and ^(AU)palm tree decorations were on its side pillars, and its stairway had eight ^(AV)steps.

³² Then he brought me into the ^(AW)inner courtyard toward the east. And he measured the gate ^(AX)according to those same measurements. ³³ Its ^(AY)guardrooms also, its side pillars, and its porches were according to those same measurements. And ^[aa]the gate and its porches had ^(AZ)windows all around; it was ^(BA)fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide. ³⁴ Its ^(BB)porches were toward the outer courtyard; and ^(BC)palm tree decorations were on its side pillars, on each side, and its stairway had eight ^(BD)steps.

³⁵ Then he brought me to the ^(BE)north gate; and he measured it according to those same measurements, ³⁶ with its ^(BF)guardrooms, its side pillars, and its ^(BG)porches. And ^[ab]the gate had ^(BH)windows all around; the length was ^(BI)fifty cubits and the width twenty-five cubits. ³⁷ And its side pillars were toward the outer courtyard; and ^(BJ)palm tree decorations were on its side pillars, on each side, and its stairway had eight ^(BK)steps.