Daniel 2:13

And because of what the king commanded, they sent some men to find me and my three friends, to execute us also.

Translation for Translators

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

12The king was very angry when he heard that, so he commanded his soldiers that they execute all such wise men in Babylon.

14Arioch, the commander of the king’s guards, came to kill us. But I spoke to him very wisely and tactfully/skillfully.

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Cross References

Psalms 94:20You have nothing to do with wicked judges, who establish laws that allow people to do what is not legal.

Isaiah 10:1Terrible things will happen to you judges who are unjust and who make unfair laws.

Daniel 6:9So King Darius wrote the law and signed it.

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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