Daniel 2:13

The decree was issued. The wise men were about to be executed, and the king's men went looking for Daniel and his friends.

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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

12This made the king extremely angry, and he ordered all the wise men of Babylon executed.

14Daniel approached Arioch, the commander of the imperial guard, whom the king had put in charge of the order to execute all the wise men of Babylon. Wisely and tactfully

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Cross References

Psalms 94:20Can unjust judges really be on your side, Lord, when their corrupt use of the law causes misery?

Isaiah 10:1Tragedy is coming to those who pass evil decrees and who write laws to harm people.

Daniel 6:9So Darius signed the decree into law.

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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