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The Assyrian Kingdom – [Sargon]
Daniel 7:4 The first beast was like a lion with eagles wings, then its wings were removed and it stood on two feet like a human. It was given the mind of a human.
This kingdom had already passed by the time of Nebuchadnezzar’s dream. It conquered and sent into exile the ten Northern tribes of Israel ...
The Kingdom of Daniel 7:4 is
not Assyria (and never had control over the southern tribes), but Babylon (Neo). Daniel 2 parallels Daniel 7, as demonstrated by language here:
Appendix 6 – Daniel & the Revelation compared, 7 Branch Candlestick (PDF)
King Nebuchadnezzar II [aka "Nebuchadnezar" or "Nebuchadrezzar"] - Lived 634 BC – 562 BC;
Reigned 606/5 BC – 562 BC (AM 3621 – AM 3666); See: 2 Kings 24:1,10,11, 25:1,8,22; 1 Chronicles 6:15; 2 Chronicles 36:6,7,10,13; Ezra 1:7, 2:1; Nehemiah 7:6; Esther 2:6; Jeremiah 21:2,7, 22:25, 24:1, 25:1,9, 27:6-8,20, 28:3,11,14, 29:1,3,21, 32:1,28, 34:1, 35:11, 37:1, 39:1,5,11, 43:10, 44:30, 46:2,13,26, 49:28,30, 50:17, 51:34, 52:4,12,28,29,30; Ezekiel 26:7, 29:18,19, 30:10; Daniel 1:1,18, 2:1,28,46, 3:1,2,3,5,7,9,13,14,16,19,24,26,28, 4:1,4,18,28,31,33,34,37, 5:2,11,18
He has 7 Years of madness; Daniel 4:1-37 sometime after many years of reign, and afterward He is restored to His kingdom for years yet further.
Babylon [Daniel 1:1, 2:12,14,18,24,48,49, 3:1,12,30, 4:6,29,30, 5:7, 7:1; 2 Kings 17:24,30, 20:12,14,17,18, 24:1,7,10,11,12,15,16,17,20, 25:1,6,7,8,11,13,20,21,22,23,24,27,28; 1 Chronicles 9:1; 2 Chronicles 32:31, 33:11, 36:6,7,10,18,20; Ezra 1:11, 2:1, 7:6,9, 8:1; Nehemiah 7:6, 13:6; Esther 2:6; Psalms 87:4, 137:1,8; Isaiah 13:1,19, 14:4,24, 21:9, 39:1,3,6,7, 43:14, 47:1, 48:14,20; Jeremiah 20:4,5,6, 21:2,4,7,10, 22:25, 24:1, 25:1,9,11,12, 27:6,8,9,11,12,13,14,16,17,18,20,22, 28:2,3,4,611,14, 29:1,3,4,10,15,20,21,22,28, 32:2,3,4,5,28,36, 34:1,2,3,7,21, 35:11, 36:29, 37:1,17,19, 38:3,17,18,22,23, 39:1,3,5,6,7,911,13, 40:1,4,5,7,9,11, 41:2,18, 42:11, 43:3,10, 44:30, 46:2,13,26, 49:28,30, 50:1,2,8,9,13,14,16,17,18,23,24,28,29,34,35,42,43,45,46, 51:1,2,6,7,8,9,11,12,24,29,30,31,33,34,35,37,41,42,44,47,48,49,53,54,55,56,58,59,60,61,64, 52:3,4,9,10,11,12,1517,26,27,31,32,34; Ezekiel 12:13, 17:12,16,20, 19:9, 21:19,21, 23:15,17,23, 24:2, 26:7, 29:18,19, 30:10,24,25, 32:11; Micah 4:10; Zechariah 2:7, 6:10; Matthew 1:11,12,17; Acts 7:43; 1 Peter 5:13; Revelation 14:8, 16:19, 17:5, 18:2,10,21]
aka “Shinar” [land of the two rivers] [Genesis 10:10, 11:2, 14:1,9; Isaiah 11:11; Daniel 1:2; Zechariah 5:11; see also
“Babel” [Genesis 10:10, 11:9] and
“Babylonians” [Ezra 4:9]
“Babylonish” [Joshua 7:21
]] aka “Chaldea[ns,ees]” [Genesis 11:28,31, 15:7; 2 Kings 24:2, 25:4,5,10,13,24,25,26; 2 Chronicles 36:17; Job 1:17; Nehemiah 9:7; Isaiah 13:19, 23:13, 43:14, 47:1,5, 48:14,20; Jeremiah 21:4,9, 22:25, 24:5, 25:12, 32:4,5,24,25,28,29,43, 33:5,11, 37:5, 37:8,9,10,11,13,14, 38:2,18,19,23, 39:5,8, 40:9,10, 41:3,18, 43:3, 50:1,8,10,25,35,45, 51:4,24,35,54, 52:7,8,14,17; Ezekiel 1:3, 11:24, 12:13, 16:29, 23:14,15,16,23; Ezra 5:12; Daniel 1:4, 2:2,4,5,10, 3:8, 4:7, 5:7,11,30, 9:1; Habakkuk 1:6], also
“Merathaim” [symbolic name] [Jeremiah 50:21],
see also “Sheshach” [another symbolic name] [Jeremiah 25:26, 51:41],
“the Lady of Kingdoms” [symbolic, 'mistress'] [Isaiah 47:5 [and context]]
EvilMerodach [son of Nebuchadnezzar II; aka "Amel-Marduk"] -
Reigned 562 BC – 560 BC (AM 3666 – AM 3668); see 2 Kings 25:27; Jeremiah 52:31
He is killed by brother-in-law, Nergalsharezer/Neriglissar
Nergalsharezer [Son-in-law of Nebuchadnezzar II; aka "Neriglissar"] -
Reigned 560 BC - 556 BC (AM 3668 – AM 3672); see Jeremiah 39:13
He killed brother-in-law, EvilMerodach/Amel-Marduk.
Labashi-Marduk [son of Nergalsharezer/Neriglissar] -
Reigned 556 BC; 9 months (AM 3672); Murdered
Nabonidus [son of Nebuchadnezzar II] -
Reigned 556 BC – 539 BC (AM 3672 – AM 3689); see Daniel 5:7,16,29; Jeremiah 27:6-7
He also co-reigned with his son, Belshazzar, while he was away from Babylon, and he dies later, see also Daniel 5:25-31; Isaiah 14:22.
Belshazzar [Prophets And Kings Page 522.2; etc. “Belshazzar”; “third ruler”; son of Nabonidus; grandson of Nebuchadnezzar II] -
Reigned [Jointly] 553 BC – 539 BC (AM 3675 - AM 3689); Nabonidus in Tayma; see Daniel 5:1,2,9,22,29,30, 7:1; Jeremiah 27:6-7 and see also Daniel 5:7,16,29 [“Daniel” would be made “third ruler”, thus Belshazzar was the 2nd'; Nabonidus the 1st], His reign ends shortly before his fathers', Nabonidus, does; see also Daniel 5:25-31; Isaiah 14:22.
Belshazzar dies the very night the Persians/Medes enter the city, see also Nabonidus Cylinder [British Museum tablet 38299], Book of Baruch [deuterocanon/apocryphal], Josephus Antiquities 10.11.2-4 §231-247 and see also the book
Cyropaedia Book 7, Chapter 5, Section 7-38 [Diverting The Euphrates, Fall of Babylon and King Belshazzar],
Section 59-65 [Setting Up The Eunuchs in the Palace From The Door-Keeper Up] which gives historical details of this event that was prophetically foretold -
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/...%3Asection%3D7 [Daniel himself, and Hannaniah, Mishael and Azariah were made eunuchs; see Isaiah 39:7; Daniel 1:7,8,9,10,11,18].
In Daniel 2, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 11, we see the pattern that Babylon (Gold, Lion, etc) was identified as the first Kingdom, to be follow by Medo-Persia, followed by Greecia, followed by Rome, and its divisions unto the final stages of earth's history before the second coming:
in Daniel 7:
Symbol:
Dan 7:3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.
Identification/interpretation:
Dan 7:17 These great beasts, which are four, are four kings, which shall arise out of the earth.
Symbol:
Dan 7:7 After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
Dan 7:19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast, which was diverse from all the others, exceeding dreadful, whose teeth were of iron, and his nails of brass; which devoured, brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with his feet;
Identification/interpretation:
Dan 7:23 Thus he said, The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth, which shall be diverse from all kingdoms, and shall devour the whole earth, and shall tread it down, and break it in pieces.
Since the 4th beast is "the fourth kingdom upon earth", who then were the first 3?
As we know that Daniel 2 was parallel in language to Daniel 7, we know who they are:
Dan. 2:32
Symbol:
“This image's head was of fine gold ...”
Identification/interpretation:
Dan 2:37 Thou, O king, art a king of kings: for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom, power, and strength, and glory.
Dan 2:38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell, the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand, and hath made thee ruler over them all. Thou art this head of gold.
This is exactly in harmony with what the previous prophets said:
Isa 13:19 And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.
Isa_14:4 That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased!
Jer 4:7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.
Jer 49:19 Behold, he shall come up like a lion from the swelling of Jordan against the habitation of the strong: but I will suddenly make him run away from her: and who is a chosen man, that I may appoint over her? for who is like me? and who will appoint me the time? and who is that shepherd that will stand before me?
Jer 49:20 Therefore hear the counsel of the LORD, that he hath taken against Edom; and his purposes, that he hath purposed against the inhabitants of Teman: Surely the least of the flock shall draw them out: surely he shall make their habitations desolate with them.
Jer 49:21 The earth is moved at the noise of their fall, at the cry the noise thereof was heard in the Red sea.
Jer 49:22 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.
Jer 50:17 Israel is a scattered sheep; the lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his bones.
Thus parallels Daniel 7:
Dan. 7:4
“The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.”