Then Daniel went to Arioch, and told him the good news, and he brought him to the king in haste, saying: "I have found a man among the captives of Judah, who will tell you the interpretation!"
So the king said to Daniel: "Can you make known the dream, and the interpretation?"
And Daniel answered: "The secret which the king requires, the astrologers and magicians cannot answer. But there is a God in Heaven that revealeth secrets, and maketh known to King Nebuchadnezzar what shall happen in the latter days."
And then he added: "This secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have . . . but for their sakes who make this interpretation known to the king, and that the king may know the thoughts of his heart."
We see here an evidence of Daniel's humility; no wonder that God could trust him with Vision after Vision about the future, which we read in the later chapters of this wonderful Book of Daniel.
This was the dream, and Daniel told it to the king in words like these—
"The king saw a great Image whose brightness was excellent and his form terrible."
"The head of the Image was of Gold:"
"The breast and arms of Silver:"
"The belly and thighs of Brass:"