Daniel Chapter 4 Verses 8-9

8 At last Daniel came in before me—he who was named Belteshazzar after the name of my god, and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods—and I told him the dream, saying, 9 “O Belteshazzar, chief of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you and that no mystery is difficult for you, here is the dream which I saw; tell me its interpretation.

Daniel comes in last. He was not part of the ‘group.’ (God’s people are seldom part of the ‘group.’)

Why was Daniel the last one called and not the first one called?

Maybe he was out of town or ill.

I think a better explanation is that Nebuchadnezzar didn’t want to ask him unless it was absolutely necessary. I doubt that Nebuchadnezzar liked having to go to Daniel for answers.

Also, unlike the other wise men, he no doubt did not hang around the king like a sycophant.

It is clear that Nebuchadnezzar is still a card-carrying polytheist.

When he calls Daniel, he reminds us that Daniel’s Babylonian name is Belteshazzar “after the name of my god.”

Recall from our earlier comments, that Nebuchadnezzar’s ‘god’ was presumably Nebo.

Belteshazzar means ‘Nebo, protect my life.’

But, he assures the reader, Daniel has the “spirit of the holy gods.”

The ‘name of my god’ is singular, but the ‘spirit of the holy gods’ is plural.

Nebuchadnezzar is mixing Hebrew terminology with his pagan nonsense.

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