Daniel 3:1 (DBY)

Passage

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits, [and] its breadth six cubits; he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

Nearby Context

Daniel 3:1 Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was sixty cubits, [and] its breadth six cubits; he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

Daniel 3:2 And Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the justices, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.

Daniel 3:3 Then the satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the justices, and all the rulers of the provinces, were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up; and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "nebuchadnezzar", "king", "image", "gold", "whose", "height", "sixty", and "cubits". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "nebuchadnezzar" and "king", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The next verse adds "And Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather...", so "nebuchadnezzar" and "king" should be read forward into that movement. In Daniel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "nebuchadnezzar" and "king" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.