Daniel 4:29

“At the end of twelve months, etc.] After the dream, and the interpretation of it; which, according to Bishop Usherf162, Dean Prideauxf163, and Mr. Whistonf164, was in the year of the world 3435 A.M., and before Christ 569, and in the thirty sixth year of his reign: one whole year, a space of time, either which God gave him to repent in, or which he obtained by attending for a while to Daniel’s advice: he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon; or “upon the palace”f165; upon the roof of it, which in the eastern countries was usually flat and plain; and so Abydenusf166, in the above cited place, represents him, wv anabav epi ta basilhia, as ascending upon his royal palace; when, after…”

“twelve months--This respite was granted to him to leave him without excuse. So the hundred twenty years granted before the flood (Gen 6:3). At the first announcement of the coming judgment he was alarmed, as Ahab (Kg1 21:27), but did not thoroughly repent; so when judgment was not executed at once, he thought it would never come, and so returned to his former pride (Ecc 8:11). in the palace--rather, upon the (flat) palace roof, whence he could contemplate the splendor of Babylon. So the heathen historian, ABYDENUS, records. The palace roof was the scene of the fall of another king (Sa2 11:2). The outer wall of Nebuchadnezzar's new palace embraced six miles; there were two other embattled…”

“At the end of twelve months - After the dream, and the interpretation - giving him ample opportunity to repent, and to reform his life, and to avoid the calamity. He walked in the palace - Margin, “upon.” The margin is the more correct rendering. The roofs of houses in the East are made flat, and furnish a common place of promenade, especially in the cool of the evening. See the note at Matthew 9:2. The Codex Chisianus has here, “The king walked upon the walls of the city with all his glory, and went around the towers, and answering, said.” The place, however, upon which he walked, appears to have been the roof of his own palace - doubtless reared so high that he could have a good view of…”

“end: Gen 6:3; Ecc 8:11; Pe1 3:20; Pe2 3:9, Pe2 3:10, Pe2 3:15; Rev 2:21 in: or, upon Daniel 4:30”