Was the Roman world divided into ten kingdoms on the fall of the empire? Has this division continued from that day to this clearly traceable? Is it evident even now? What were the ten kingdoms at first? What have they been ever since? And what are they at present?
Daniel with his statesmanlike experience of government, with his personal faith and his pure aspirations, with his strong national sympathies, yet his wide acquaintance with the world and his character and position, all adapted him peculiarly for his work, and to be the channel of the wonderful revelation which was committed to him.
This, then, was the proud, pagan, cruel, conquering, busy, building, wealthy, and worldly monarch, into whose court the providence of God introduced at the crisis of the fall of Judah four young scions of the Jewish royal family, taken captive among others in the destruction of Jerusalem.
God deals with King Nebuchadnezzar’s pride and arrogance by making him insane for seven years! In the end, he gives glory to God.