Matthew Poole and continuators on Daniel 5:17

17 ¶ Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thy self, and give thy rewards to another , yet I will read the writing unto the King, and make known to him the interpretation.

Did not Daniel receive gifts and honours from Nebuchadnezzar, on the like occasion? Answ. He was then young, and the Captivity was to be long, and he by his place could be helpful to his poor brethren, but now the time of the captivity was near expired, and Babylon in distress, by invasion and siege, and that night King, City and Kingdom lost, and there the time was different, and the case also. Moreover Daniel would not receive a reward for so sad a message.

Marginal references: Or, [illegible: 1 letter]ee. as ch. 2.6.