Bible Cross References
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Daniel 1:1-5
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In the third year that Jehoiakim was king of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia attacked Jerusalem and surrounded the city.
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The Lord let him capture King Jehoiakim and seize some of the Temple treasures. He took some prisoners back with him to the temple of his gods in Babylon, and put the captured treasures in the temple storerooms.
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The king ordered Ashpenaz, his chief official, to select from among the Israelite exiles some young men of the royal family and of the noble families.
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They had to be handsome, intelligent, well-trained, quick to learn, and free from physical defects, so that they would be qualified to serve in the royal court. Ashpenaz was to teach them to read and write the Babylonian language.
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The king also gave orders that every day they were to be given the same food and wine as the members of the royal court. After three years of this training they were to appear before the king.
2 Chronicles 36:5-7
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Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years. He sinned against the LORD his God.
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King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia invaded Judah, captured Jehoiakim, and took him to Babylonia in chains.
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Nebuchadnezzar carried off some of the treasures of the Temple and put them in his palace in Babylon.
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Jeremiah 25:1
In the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king of Judah, I received a message from the LORD concerning all the people of Judah. (This was the first year that Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylonia.)
Nebuchadnezzar
Daniel 2:3
he said to them, "I'm worried about a dream I've had. I want to know what it means."
Daniel 4:5
But I had a frightening dream and saw terrifying visions while I was asleep.
Genesis 40:5-8
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One night there in prison the wine steward and the chief baker each had a dream, and the dreams had different meanings.
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When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were upset.
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He asked them, "Why do you look so worried today?"
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They answered, "Each of us had a dream, and there is no one here to explain what the dreams mean." "It is God who gives the ability to interpret dreams," Joseph said. "Tell me your dreams."
Genesis 41:1-36
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After two years had passed, the king of Egypt dreamed that he was standing by the Nile River,
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when seven cows, fat and sleek, came up out of the river and began to feed on the grass.
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Then seven other cows came up; they were thin and bony. They came and stood by the other cows on the riverbank,
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and the thin cows ate up the fat cows. Then the king woke up.
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He fell asleep again and had another dream. Seven heads of grain, full and ripe, were growing on one stalk.
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Then seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the desert wind,
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and the thin heads of grain swallowed the full ones. The king woke up and realized that he had been dreaming.
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In the morning he was worried, so he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. He told them his dreams, but no one could explain them to him.
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Then the wine steward said to the king, "I must confess today that I have done wrong.
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You were angry with the chief baker and me, and you put us in prison in the house of the captain of the guard.
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One night each of us had a dream, and the dreams had different meanings.
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A young Hebrew was there with us, a slave of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams, and he interpreted them for us.
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Things turned out just as he said: you restored me to my position, but you executed the baker."
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The king sent for Joseph, and he was immediately brought from the prison. After he had shaved and changed his clothes, he came into the king's presence.
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The king said to him, "I have had a dream, and no one can explain it. I have been told that you can interpret dreams."
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Joseph answered, "I cannot, Your Majesty, but God will give a favorable interpretation."
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The king said, "I dreamed that I was standing on the bank of the Nile,
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when seven cows, fat and sleek, came up out of the river and began feeding on the grass.
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Then seven other cows came up which were thin and bony. They were the poorest cows I have ever seen anywhere in Egypt.
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The thin cows ate up the fat ones,
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but no one would have known it, because they looked just as bad as before. Then I woke up.
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I also dreamed that I saw seven heads of grain which were full and ripe, growing on one stalk.
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Then seven heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the desert wind,
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and the thin heads of grain swallowed the full ones. I told the dreams to the magicians, but none of them could explain them to me."
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Joseph said to the king, "The two dreams mean the same thing; God has told you what he is going to do.
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The seven fat cows are seven years, and the seven full heads of grain are also seven years; they have the same meaning.
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The seven thin cows which came up later and the seven thin heads of grain scorched by the desert wind are seven years of famine.
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It is just as I told you---God has shown you what he is going to do.
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There will be seven years of great plenty in all the land of Egypt.
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After that, there will be seven years of famine, and all the good years will be forgotten, because the famine will ruin the country.
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The time of plenty will be entirely forgotten, because the famine which follows will be so terrible.
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The repetition of your dream means that the matter is fixed by God and that he will make it happen in the near future.
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"Now you should choose some man with wisdom and insight and put him in charge of the country.
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You must also appoint other officials and take a fifth of the crops during the seven years of plenty.
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Order them to collect all the food during the good years that are coming, and give them authority to store up grain in the cities and guard it.
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The food will be a reserve supply for the country during the seven years of famine which are going to come on Egypt. In this way the people will not starve."
Job 33:15-17
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At night when people are asleep, God speaks in dreams and visions.
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He makes them listen to what he says, and they are frightened at his warnings.
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God speaks to make them stop their sinning and to save them from becoming proud.
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Daniel 6:18
Then the king returned to the palace and spent a sleepless night, without food or any form of entertainment.
Esther 6:1
That same night the king could not get to sleep, so he had the official records of the empire brought and read to him.