Daniel 2:13

And when the decree had gone forth, the wise men were put to death; and Daniel and his companions were sought, to be destroyed.

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In The King James Version

And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

In Context

12When he heard this, the king commanded, in fury and in great wrath, that all the wise men of Babylon should be destroyed.

14Then Daniel inquired, about the law and the sentence, of Arioch, the general of the king’s army, who had gone forth to execute the wise men of Babylon.

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Cross References

Isaiah 10:1Woe to those who make unfair laws, and who, when writing, write injustice:

Daniel 6:9And so king Darius set forth the decree and established it.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 2:2-14

Nebuchadnezzar's Forgotten Dream. ( b. c. 603.) 1 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him. 2 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to show the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. 3 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit was troubled to know the dream. 4 Then spake the Chaldeans to the… Read the whole commentary →

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