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SUMMARY OF THE BOOK OF DANIEL

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BIBLICAL PERIOD	#8 THE ASSYRIAN EXILE OF ISRAEL AND THE BABYLONIAN EXILE OF JUDAH
FOCUS	Destruction of Jerusalem	God's Plan for the Time of the Gentile Nations				God's Plan of salvation for His Covenant people
THE COVENANT	THE SINAI COVENANT [Davidic Covenant]
SCRIPTURE	1:1	2:1	5:1	6:1	7:1	8:1	9:1	12:13–14:42
DIVISION	Daniel's captivity and early years in Exile	Vision #1 of King of Babylon	Vision #2 of King of Babylon	Decree of Darius the Mede	Vision of the Four Beasts	Vision of the Ram and Goat	Vision of the 70 weeks. Prophecy of the Messiah	Story of Susanna's virtue. Story of Bell and the Dragon
TOPIC	Daniel's background	Daniel Interprets Visions and Risks His Life for His Faith				Angels Gabriel and Michael Interpret Daniel's Visions		Daniel defends a daughter of Israel. God defends Daniel
LANGUAGE	Hebrew	Aramaic [the language of Assyria and Babylon]				Hebrew
LOCATION	CITY OF BABYLON under the Babylonian Empire					CITY OF BABYLON under the Persian Empire
TIME	c. 606/5-536 BC

TIME LINE
WORLD EMPIRES:
————Assyria—————Babylon———Persia—————————————————————————Greece—————
Divided Kingdom————Southern Kingdom
                                                —(70-year exile for Judah)—