Lux Domini
Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon.

Study Helps

Interpretation

In the height of the image, about thirty yards, probably is included a pedestal, and most likely it was only covered with plates of gold, not a solid mass of that precious metal.

Read with

This thought runs through Daniel 3:1-5.

Glossary

Babylon Place
Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Babylon.
Dura Place
Biblical district in settlement. Modern identification: Tulul Dura.