Daniel 2:26

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The king answered Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation of it?

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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, while Chaldea referred to the southern Babylonian region and, by extension, its learned court advisers. In this royal setting, Daniel is summoned before the king to answer whether he can reveal and interpret the troubling dream.

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Daniel 2:26 mentions Babylon and Chaldea.

Photo of Babylon — Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky

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