Daniel 2:12

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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can show it before the king, except the g-ds, whose dwelling is not with basar (flesh).

13And the decree went forth that the chachamim should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his chaverim to be slain.

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Cross References

Psalms 76:10When Elohim arose to mishpat, 1 to save all the meek of Eretz. 1 Selah 1

Proverbs 19:12The wrath of a melech is like the roaring of a lion, 1 but his ratzon (favor) is as tal (dew) upon the esev (grass). 1

Proverbs 27:3An even (stone) is heavy, and the chol (sand) weighty; 1 but a foolʼs wrath is heavier than them both. 1

Daniel 2:5The king answered and said to the Kasdim (Chaldeans), The decision from me is firm; if ye will not give me da'as of the chalom (dream), with the pesher (interpretation, explanation) thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a pile of rubble;

Daniel 3:19Then was Nevukhadnetzar full of fury, and the expression on his visage was changed against Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; therefore he spoke, and commanded that they should heat the attun seven times hotter than usual.

Matthew 5:22But I say to you, that everyone who harbors kaas (anger) against his Ach, + 5:22 b'Moshiach his chaver, shall be subject to mishpat (judgment); and whoever shall say to his Ach, + 5:22 b'Moshiach Reyka! (Good for nothing!) will be subject to the Sanhedrin; and whoever shall say Shoteh! (Fool) shall be subject to Eish Gehinnom (Fire of Hell).

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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