Old Testament · Major Prophets
Daniel
Written by Daniel. Written for Jewish youth living faithfully in Babylon.
Big picture in three sentences
Daniel and his friends are taken to a king's court and choose to honor God there.
Furnaces, lions, and strange dreams all show that earthly kings are not the last word.
Daniel looks ahead to a kingdom that will not pass away.
Daniel prayed toward Jerusalem even when a law told him not to.
Key verse · Daniel 6:22
“My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me; because as before him innocence was found in me; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.””
Stories families know from this book
- Vegetables in the palace
- The fiery furnace
- The writing on the wall
- Daniel and the lions