The Last Scribe

Daniel 2 · 49 verses · The court of Nebuchadnezzar

Daniel 2 as a game: the king’s dream, the great image and the stone

Stand in Babylon when the king has dreamed a dream he cannot remember and no wise man can tell. See four friends pray, the secret revealed in a night vision, and Daniel tell the king the dream and its meaning.

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What you will see

One dream in Babylon, told from the king’s bed to the stone

You arrive as a Scribe, sent to witness the chapter and write it down. Daniel 2 is one map you can walk end to end, and the people of the chapter stand on it: Daniel, King Nebuchadnezzar, the wise men of Babylon, Arioch the captain of the guard, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah at prayer, and a guide who explains the dream. Each speaks only from their own verses, so what you hear is the chapter, in order.

Four things wait to be found and read. Find the king’s decree in Arioch’s hand, and the room where the four friends asked “mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret”. Then see the great image itself, head of fine gold, breast and arms of silver, belly and thighs of brass, legs of iron, feet part of iron and part of clay, and the stone that struck it and “became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth”. The quest takes you through them in the chapter’s order: the troubled dream, the wise men who could not tell it, Arioch, the prayer, the night vision, Daniel before the king, and the stone.

The answer is told as Daniel tells it: “there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets”. When you have seen it all, step into the quiz zone and fifteen questions ask what you saw.

Daniel 2 in the game: the map of the chapter with its people standing where the passage puts them
The game itself, not a mock-up: Daniel 2.

The chapter, in order

The quest, The Master Key of Prophecy, has seven steps, and they follow the chapter in order. Nothing is added to the text; the steps are a way of making sure you miss none of it.

  1. Witness Nebuchadnezzar’s troubled dream
  2. See the wise men of Babylon fail their impossible task
  3. Meet Arioch with the decree of death
  4. Join the prayer circle of Daniel and his three friends
  5. Witness the secret revealed to Daniel in a night vision
  6. Stand with Daniel before Nebuchadnezzar and declare the dream
  7. See the stone cut without hands fill the whole earth

Who you meet

Six people and voices stand in the chapter. Each speaks only from their own place in the chapter.

  • Daniel — the young Hebrew who asks the king for time, prays with his friends, and tells the dream and its meaning before the throne.
  • Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon — the king whose “spirit was troubled”, who demanded the dream as well as its meaning, and in the end called Daniel’s God “a revealer of secrets”.
  • Wise Men of Babylon — the magicians, astrologers and Chaldeans who confess that only the gods “whose dwelling is not with flesh” could tell the king’s matter.
  • Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah (in Prayer) — Daniel’s three friends, who joined him in asking the God of heaven for mercy.
  • The Interpretation Angel — a guide who walks you through the image, metal by metal, and the kingdom the God of heaven will set up.
  • Arioch, Captain of the King’s Guard — the officer sent out with the king’s decree, who brought Daniel in before the king.

What you find

Walk up to any of these and the game reads you the verses it comes from, in the King James Version.

  • The Great Image (Daniel 2:31–33)
  • The Stone Cut Without Hands (Daniel 2:34–35, 44–45)
  • The Prayer Circle of the Four Hebrews (Daniel 2:17–18)
  • The Royal Decree of Death (Daniel 2:13)

The kingdom which shall never be destroyed

“And in the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom, which shall never be destroyed: and the kingdom shall not be left to other people, but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand for ever.” Daniel 2:44, King James Version

Every verse the game quotes is the KJV. Where a character speaks in their own words, the dialogue is written from the chapter and checked against our doctrinal rules before release. The about page says plainly how we read the Bible.

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Daniel 2 quiz questions, with answers

Five real questions from the Daniel 2 quiz, in the game's own words. In the game the options are shuffled every time, and you need 70% to pass.

1. What impossible demand did Nebuchadnezzar make of his wise men?

  1. To interpret a dream he had already told them
  2. To build a temple to Marduk
  3. To make the dream come true
  4. To tell him both the dream AND its interpretation
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D. To tell him both the dream AND its interpretation The king said: “If ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill. But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour.” He demanded both.

Daniel 2:5–6

2. What did Daniel and his three companions do when the decree of death was issued?

  1. They bribed Arioch to spare their lives
  2. They prayed together, asking the God of heaven for mercies concerning the secret
  3. They fled the city of Babylon
  4. They consulted the star charts of the Chaldeans
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B. They prayed together, asking the God of heaven for mercies concerning the secret “Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret.”

Daniel 2:17–18

3. Whom did Daniel credit for revealing the secret to him?

  1. The God in heaven who reveals secrets
  2. Arioch, captain of the king’s guard
  3. The prophet Jeremiah by letter
  4. His own wisdom, acquired in three years of training
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A. The God in heaven who reveals secrets “The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the soothsayers, shew unto the king; But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days.”

Daniel 2:27–28

4. What were the five materials that made up the great image in Nebuchadnezzar’s dream, from head to feet?

  1. Gold, ivory, bronze, iron, and wood
  2. Silver, gold, bronze, tin, and clay
  3. Gold, silver, copper, iron, and stone
  4. Gold, silver, bronze, iron, and iron mixed with clay
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D. Gold, silver, bronze, iron, and iron mixed with clay “This image’s head was of fine gold, his breast and his arms of silver, his belly and his thighs of brass, his legs of iron, his feet part of iron and part of clay.”

Daniel 2:32–33

5. What did Nebuchadnezzar do immediately after Daniel finished interpreting the dream?

  1. He fell on his face and declared “That your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets”
  2. He called another council of his Chaldean wise men
  3. He refused to believe the interpretation and had Daniel thrown in prison
  4. He immediately gathered his army for war against Jerusalem
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A. He fell on his face and declared “That your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets” “Then King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, prostrated himself before Daniel... The king answered unto Daniel, and said, ’That your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.’” And he promoted Daniel over all the wise men.

Daniel 2:46–47

Right answers pay 10 XP each and a perfect score pays 50 more. In a room, everyone answers the same quiz and sees how the others did. More on how the quiz works.

Chapter facts

49
verses, every one covered by something you see, hear or read
15
quiz questions, each tied to a verse
6
people and voices to speak with
4
things to find and read
1–6
players in a room; solo play is fine too
KJV
every verse quoted from the King James Version

How to play it

  1. Open the game in your browser and make an account. A child under 13 gives a parent's email instead of their own, and the parent confirms before the child can play with anyone else; see the page for parents.
  2. Play the short intro story in the Archivery, the library where the Scribe finds the Book. It is free and takes a few minutes.
  3. Open the world map and choose Daniel 2. To play with others, start a room and share its code, which looks like SCRIBE-7K4P2Q; up to six people can join from their own devices.
  4. Walk the map, speak with everyone, read everything, then step into the quiz zone.

Free, and with a subscription

Daniel 2 is part of the subscription ($9.99 a month or $79.99 a year). Chapters open in Bible order along a road through the books, era by era, so Daniel 2 opens when you reach Daniel on that road; nobody skips ahead. See pricing.

Free forever, for every player: the intro story, Revelation 1, the story scene The Baptism of Jesus, and four open lands to walk with other players: the City of the Last Days, the Garden of Eden, Judea in the days of Jesus, and Patmos and the Seven Churches. Revelation 1 is a good first chapter to try before you subscribe.

More to play

  • Before: Daniel 1 — Stand in Babylon when Daniel and his three friends are young captives, given new names and the king’s own food.
  • After: Daniel 3 — Stand on the plain of Dura when the music plays and every ruler of the provinces falls down before the king’s image.
  • Every chapter and story with a page: the list of what you can play.

Stand before the king’s dream.

Walk Daniel 2 alone, or start a room and share its code with up to five friends.

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