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King Nebuchadnezzar's Story In The Middle Of The Bible
Today I am going to talk to you about a bad King named Nebuchadnezzar. Can you all say that name for me? Other than the fact this guy had a unique name, king Nebuchadnezzar. lived a long time ago when there wasn’t any T.V., cell phones, or even ice cream! We can read of this king’s story in the middle of the Bible. Can you turn to Daniel chapter one with me?
King Nebuchadnezzar was a very mean and rich person. He ruled over the country of Babylon and way back then Babylon was one of the richest and most powerful nations in all the world. But this king did not follow God and wanted everything he could get his hands on. He was a greedy king. The Promise Land was not far from Babylon and king Nebuchadnezzar saw all that it had to offer. He saw how great the land was and he wanted it. So, he attacked Jerusalem, the capital of this land which was home to the Israelites. The King of Israel didn’t know what to do. The Babylonian army surrounded Jerusalem and took all the gold and silver and smashed all the buildings. They even took the Israelites captive and took them back to Babylon to become slaves.
One of the Israelites taken back to Babylon was a man named Daniel. Now this is who this story is really about. Daniel was man of God who went out and …show more content…
There was a new king that ruled now named Darius the Mede. This king was very impressed with Daniel and made him the boss of many Babylonians. However, this made these men angry and they had to do something about Daniel. And they decided to use Daniel’s religion against him. Following, the king issued a decree that no one was able to go to the gods for help other than the Persian god. Yet, Daniel ignored this new rule and this only got him into trouble. The ling had no choice but to throw Daniel into the dens of lions. Could you imagine being thrown into a pit with lions with no way to get out? Talk about fear! But God was with
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