Daniel 2:13

So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

Revised Version 1895

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

14Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon;

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Cross References

Psalms 94:20Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by statute?

Isaiah 10:1Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and to the writers that write perverseness:

Daniel 6:9Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.

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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