Daniel 2:39
But after you, there will arise another kingdom, inferior to yours. Next, a third kingdom, one of bronze, will rule the whole earth.
And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee, and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
“After you, another kingdom will arise that is inferior to you; and another third kingdom of bronze, which will rule over all the earth.
And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferior to thee; and another third kingdom of brass, which shall bear rule over all the earth.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- another kingdom
- The empire of the Medes and Persians, whose union was denoted by the breast and two arms of silver; and which was established on the ruins of that of the Chaldeans on the capture of Babylon by Cyrus, B.C. 538.
- Daniel 2:32; Daniel 5:28–31; Daniel 7:5; Daniel 8:3, 4, 20; Daniel 11:2; Isaiah 44:28; Isaiah 45:1–5
- another third
- The empire of the Macedonians, or "brazen-coated Greeks," aptly denoted by the belly and thighs of brass, founded by Alexander the Great, who terminated the Persian monarchy by the overthrow of Darius Codomanus at Arbela, B.C. 331
- Daniel 2:32; Daniel 7:6, 7, 23; Daniel 8:5–14; Daniel 10:20; Daniel 11:3–20; Zechariah 6:3, 6