Book of Daniel
Lions' den source
The Book of Daniel is a text in the Hebrew Bible and Christian Old Testament, set during the Babylonian exile.
It contains stories of Daniel and his companions—including the fiery furnace and the lions' den—alongside apocalyptic visions featuring beasts and kingdoms.
The book has profoundly shaped Jewish and Christian ideas about prophecy, end times, and divine deliverance.
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- visionAbility to see
- BabylonAncient Mesopotamian capital
- NebuchadnezzarChaldean dynasty monarch
- lionsLarge African wild felines
den · lion's den · fiery · furnace · Shadrach · Meshach · Abednego · fiery furnace · apocalyptic · end times · Son of Man · dreams · dream interpretation · interpretation · exile · Hebrew · Old Testament · Belshazzar
- Biblical BooksIsaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Lamentations, Jonah
- apocalypseapocalypse, Armageddon, end times, rapture, tribulation
- End Timesapocalypse, Armageddon, rapture, end times, tribulation
- Aramaic TextsDead Sea Scrolls, Jonathan, Ezra
- Exile BooksEzra, Nehemiah, Babylonian exile, Babylonian captivity, captivity
- Jewish textsTorah, Tanakh, Talmud, Mishnah, siddur
Book of DanielGospel of Matthew
Opening New Testament text
Gospel of Mark · Gospel of Luke · Gospel of John · Song of Solomon · Ecclesiastes
Book of DanielGospel of Matthew
Opening New Testament text
Gospel of John · Book of Revelation · Gospel of Mark · Gospel of Luke · Book of Acts