但以理書 1:20

²⁰ 王考問他們一切事，就見他們的智慧聰明比通國的術士和用法術的勝過十倍。

The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms # 172

172. Internal Meaning of Daniel, Chapter 1 (1)

1-2 When the church among the Jewish nation had been destroyed, Babylon appropriated to herself all things pertaining to it. (2)

2-21 She wished to know all things of the church, and to acquire an understanding of them, and this was the beginning of Babylon. (2)

Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for the permission to use this translation.