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Finally there came before me Daniel, whose name is Belteshazzar after the name of my god,[a] and in whom is a spirit of the holy gods.(A) I repeated the dream to him: “Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, I know that a spirit of the holy gods is in you and no mystery is too difficult for you; this is the dream that I saw, tell me its meaning.

“These were the visions I saw while in bed: I saw a tree of great height at the center of the earth.

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  1. 4:5 After the name of my god: Belteshazzar, the Babylonian name given to Daniel at the king’s orders (1:7), is Balāṭ-šu-uṣur, “protect his life.” This passage implies a name connected with Bel, a Babylonian god. A spirit of the holy gods: or a holy divine spirit; or spirit of a holy God. See also vv. 6, 15; 5:11–12, 14; 6:4.

I had a dream(A) that made me afraid. As I was lying in bed,(B) the images and visions that passed through my mind(C) terrified me.(D) So I commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret(E) the dream for me. When the magicians,(F) enchanters, astrologers[a] and diviners(G) came, I told them the dream, but they could not interpret it for me.(H)

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  1. Daniel 4:7 Or Chaldeans