Daniel 2:13

And the decree went forth that the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to slay them.

Darby Translation

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

12For this cause the king was irritated and very wroth, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

14Then Daniel answered with counsel and prudence to Arioch the chief of the king's bodyguard, who had gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:

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Cross References

Psalms 94:20Shall the throne of wickedness be united to thee, which frameth mischief into a law?

Isaiah 10:1Woe unto them that decree iniquitous decrees, and to the writers that prescribe oppression,

Daniel 6:9Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

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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