Matthew Poole and continuators on Daniel 2:48

48 Then the king made Daniel a great man , and gave him many great gifts , and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon , and chief of the governors over all the wise men of Babylon .

Chald. Rabbi magnified him.

An estate suitable to his honour.

Gnal col medina over the chief Province of Babylon, which was head, because of the Metropolis, the word is also Arabick, and therefore used in Spain at this day.

Chap. 4.9. Daniel was chief of them in wisdom, for he could unfold what none of the wise men could. Again, he was chief in place and power, he had the rule, and inspection of them, which were students and professors of wisdom and learning, into their studies and manners, like a perpetual Lord Chancellour, not that this Holy Prophet gave any incouragement to them in their unlawful arts and divinations, but rather discouraged and corrected them, teaching them the knowledge of the true God: thus doth the true Religion top all the World, and make the grandeur thereof stoop to it, for it is the wisdom of God, and the power of God.