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Daniel 2:12

For all this cause the king became angry, and very furious; and he commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

In Context

11And the matter which the king requireth is difficult, and there is no other that can tell it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

13And the law went forth and [some of] the wise men were slain: and they sought Daniel and his companions to slay them.

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Cross References

Psalms 76:10(76:11) For the fury of man shall praise thee: the remainder of the fury wilt thou gird about thee.

Proverbs 19:12Like the roaring of a young lion is the wrath of a king: as dew upon the herbs is his favor.

Proverbs 27:3A stone hath heaviness, and the sand, weight; but a fool's wrath is heavier than both of them.

Daniel 2:5The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The decree is firmly resolved on by me: If ye do not make known unto me the dream with its interpretation, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be changed into a dunghill.

Daniel 3:19Then was Nebuchadnezzar filled with fury, and the form of his countenance was changed because of Shadrach, Meshach, and 'Abed-nego; [and] he commenced and ordered that they should heat the furnace thoroughly seven times more than it was wont to be heated.

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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