Daniel 2:48

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Then the king made Daniel great, and gave him many great gifts, and made him to rule over the whole province of Babylon, and to be chief governor over all the wise men of Babylon.

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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 imperial capital of Nebuchadnezzar’s kingdom in Mesopotamia, where Daniel served after Judah’s exile. Chaldea, often used for Babylonia or its learned ruling class, matters here because the king appoints Daniel over this province and its wise men after God reveals the dream’s meaning.

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Daniel 2:48 mentions Babylon and Chaldea.

Photo of Babylon — Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky

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