Daniel 2:17

Then I went home, and I told my friends, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, what had happened.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:

In Context

16I immediately went to talk to the king and requested that the king give me some time, so that I could find out what the dream was and what the dream meant.

18I urged them to ask God, who lives/rules in heaven, to have mercy on us by telling us the secret meaning of what the king dreamed, in order that we and the other wise men in Babylon would not be executed.

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Cross References

Daniel 1:11Ashpenaz had ordered a guard to watch me, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 2:15-24

The Dream Revealed to Daniel; Daniel's Thanksgiving. ( b. c. 603.) 14 Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon: 15 He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel. 2.15 Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would show the king the interpretation. 17 Then Daniel went to his house,… Read the whole commentary →

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