Nebuchadnezzar's pride and madness
Nebuchadnezzar boasted of the great Babylon he had built and lost his sanity, living like an animal for seven periods of time until he acknowledged the Most High.
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.
Daniel 4:37 (World English Bible)
Daniel had interpreted a warning dream of a great tree cut down and urged the king to break off his sins. A year later, walking on his palace roof, Nebuchadnezzar took credit for everything. When his reason returned, he praised the King of heaven, and Daniel 4 is written as his own proclamation.
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Dating notes
Ussher dates the seven years of madness to 569–563 BC, reading the “seven times” as years.