Daniel 2:13

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

Leeser Tanakh

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

14Then made Daniel representations with intelligence and prudence to Aryoch the captain of the king's guard, who was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon.

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Cross References

Psalms 94:20Can there be associated with thee the throne of destructive wickedness, which frameth mischief as a law?

Isaiah 10:1Woe unto those that decree decrees of unrighteousness, and the writers who write down wrongful things;

Daniel 6:9(6:10) In view of this king Darius signed the writing and the prohibition.

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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