• Use this guide for personal study or group discussion.

How to use this guide

• Pray for understanding and humility.
• Read the passage twice (once for the big picture, once slowly).
• Observe: What does the text say?
• Interpret: What does it mean?
• Apply: How should I respond?

Book overview

• Theme: YAHUAH’s sovereignty over kingdoms and the faithfulness of His people in exile.
• Setting: Judah in exile under Babylon and later empires.
• Main movements:
  • Chapters 1–6: Narratives (faith under pressure)
  • Chapters 7–12: Visions (YAHUAH’s rule over history)

Key people and places

• Daniel
• Hananiah, Mishael, Azariah (Daniel’s companions)
• Babylon, Persia (major empires in the storyline)

Key words and ideas (define in your own words)

• Exile:
• Faithfulness:
• Idolatry:
• Wisdom: