Kings Daniel Served

Name

Empire

Story told in

Memorable event

Nebuchadnezzar

Babylonia

chapters 1–4

Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego thrown into blazing furnace; Nebuchadnezzar became insane for 7 years

Belshazzar

Babylonia

chapters 5, 7, 8

Daniel read the writing on the wall, which signaled the end of the Babylonian Empire

Darius

Medo-Persia

chapters 6, 9

Daniel thrown into a lions' den

Cyrus

Medo-Persia

chapters 10–12

The exiles return to their homeland in Judah and their capital city, Jerusalem