BIBLE Book of Daniel (4) "Nebuchadnezzar estranged from the company of men". As prophetically interpreted by Daniel; a year after the dream of the great tree the Babylonian king (who presumptuously continues to delight in his power as if it were himself divine) suddenly goes mad; for seven years he will live far from the human consortium; like a beast in spirit and appearance; recovering his sense and the kingdom only with the recognition of the supremacy of the God of the Jews. Engraving from an edition of "La Bible" edited by Don Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy (1613 - 1684); French theologian; biblicist and humanist. Paris; 1837