Daniel 2:16

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Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint him a time, and he would show the king the interpretation.

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The Babylonian and Persian EmpiresThe Babylonian and Persian empires that carried Judah into exile and later allowed the return.

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Babylon was the capital of Nebuchadnezzar’s empire in Mesopotamia, where Daniel served as an exile. Chaldea, often used for Babylonia and its learned class, forms the setting for Daniel’s request to the king for time to seek God’s revelation of the dream.

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Daniel 2:16 mentions Babylon and Chaldea.

Photo of Babylon — Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky

Photo of Chaldea — Chaldea · M.Lubinski from Iraq,USA.