daniel outline

1. Narrative of Daniel (1:1-6:28)

a. Under King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon (1:1-4:37)

i. Exile to Babylon (1:1-21)

1. Daniel Removed to Babylon (1:1-7)

2. Daniel’s Faithfulness (1:8-16)

3. Daniel’s Wisdom (1:17-21)

ii. Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream of a Statue (2:1-49)

1. No One Can Interpret Nebuchadnezzar’s Troubling Dream (2:1-13)

2. The Dream Revealed to Daniel (2:14-23)

3. Daniel Interprets the Dream (2:24-45)

4. Nebuchadnezzar Promotes Daniel (2:46-49)

iii. Nebuchadnezzar’s Golden Statue (3:1-30)

1. Golden Statue Erected (3:1-7)

2. Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego Accused (3:8-18)

3. The Fiery Furnace (3:19-30)

iv. Nebuchadnezzar’s Pride (4:1-37)

1. Nebuchadnezzar Confesses God’s Kingdom (4:1-3)

2. Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream of a Great Tree (4:4-18)

3. Daniel Interprets the Second Dream (4:19-27)

4. The Second Dream Fulfilled (4:28-33)

5. Nebuchadnezzar Restored (4:34-37)

b. Under King Belshazzar of Babylon (5:1-31)

i. Belshazzar’s Feast (5:1-12)

ii. Daniel Interprets the Handwriting on the Wall (5:13-31)

c. Under King Darius the Mede (6:1-28)

i. The Plot against Daniel (6:1-9)

ii. Daniel in the Lions’ Den (6:10-24)

iii. Darius Honors God (6:25-28)

2. Visions of Daniel (7:1-12:13)

a. Daniel’s First Vision (7:1-28)

i. Vision of The Four Beasts (7:1-8)

ii. Vision of the Ancient of Days (7:9-12)

iii. Vision of the Son of Man (7:13-14)

iv. Visions Interpreted (7:15-28)

b. Daniel’s Second Vision (8:1-27)

i. Vision of the Ram and the Goat (8:1-14)

ii. Gabriel Interprets Daniel’s Vision (8:15-27)

c. Daniel’s Prayer (9:1-27)

i. Prayer for His People (9:1-19)

ii. Gabriel’s Prophecy of the Seventy Weeks (9:20-27)

d. Daniel’s Third Vision (10:1-12:13)

i. Daniel’s Vision by the Tigris (10:1-21)

ii. Kings of the South and North (11:1-35)

iii. The King Who Exalts Himself (11:36-45)

iv. The End Times (12:1-13)