Daniel 4:1 (BSB)

King Nebuchadnezzar, To the people of every nation and language who dwell in all the earth: May your prosperity be multiplied.

From Daniel 4. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Daniel 4:1

• John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Daniel 4:1: Some join these verses to the end of the third chapter, but there is no reason for this; and it will clearly appear from the context that the edict is here set forth in the king’s name, and other events are inserted. Daniel, therefore, here, speaks in the person of the king; he afterwards narrates what happened to the king, and then returns to his own person.
• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Daniel 4:1-3: Here is, I. Something of form, which was usual in writs, proclamations, or circular letters, issued by the king, Dan 4:1. The royal style which Nebuchadnezzar makes use of has nothing in it of pomp or fancy, but is plain, short, and unaffected - Nebuchadnezzar the king.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Daniel 4:1: Nebuchadnezzar the king,..... This and the two following verses are annexed to the preceding chapter in the Hebrew Bible, and in the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions; as if the author of the division of the chapters thought that Nebuchadnezzar proposed by this public proclamation to celebrate the praise of the Lord, on account of the wonderful deliverance of the three Jews from the fiery...
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Daniel 4:1: Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. (o) Meaning, as far as his dominion extended.