Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
in the days of these kings—in the days of these kingdoms, that is, of the last of the four. So Christianity was set up when Rome had become mistress of Judea and the world (Luke 2:1, etc.) [NEWTON]. Rather, "in the days of these kings," answers to "upon his feet" (Daniel 2:34); that is, the ten toes (Daniel 2:42), or ten kings, the final state of the Roman empire. For "these kings" cannot mean the four successional monarchies, as they do not coexist as the holders of power; if the fourth had been meant, the singular, not the plural, would be used. The falling of the stone on the image must mean, destroying judgment on the fourth Gentile power, not gradual evangelization of it by grace; and the destroying judgment cannot be dealt by Christians, for they are taught to submit to the powers that be, so that it must be dealt by Christ Himself at His coming again. We live under the divisions of the Roman empire which began fourteen hundred years ago, and which at the time of His coming shall be definitely ten. All that had failed in the hand of man shall then pass away, and that which is kept in His own hand shall be introduced. Thus the second chapter is the alphabet of the subsequent prophetic statements in Daniel [TREGELLES].
God of heaven . . . kingdom—hence the phrase, "the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 3:2).
not . . . left to other people—as the Chaldees had been forced to leave their kingdom to the Medo-Persians, and these to the Greeks, and these to the Romans (Micah 4:7; Luke 1:32-33).
break . . . all— (Isaiah 60:12; I Corinthians 15:24).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Daniel 2:44:
Isaiah 9:7
Ezekiel 17:24
Ezekiel 34:24
Daniel 2:34
Daniel 2:40
Daniel 2:41-43
Daniel 9:24
Obadiah 1:21
Micah 4:13
Haggai 2:6
Haggai 2:22
Zechariah 4:7
Zechariah 4:11-12
Zechariah 14:9
John 12:34
Revelation 11:15
Revelation 17:12
Revelation 17:12
Revelation 19:20
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