Passage

The king asks for his dream

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

²⁶The king answered Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, “Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and its interpretation?”

Daniel 2:26World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

Nebuchadnezzar asks Daniel to tell him both the dream and its interpretation.

To understand

Arioch has brought Daniel before the king as an exile from Judah. Daniel says the court’s specialists cannot reveal this mystery and attributes its revelation to God in heaven.

A question

What two things does the king ask Daniel to explain?