Daniel 2:18
That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
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In Context
19Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
Cross References
Genesis 18:28Possibly there shall lack five of the fifty righteous: will you destroy all the city for lack of five? And he said, If I find there forty and five, I will not destroy it.
Esther 4:15Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
Psalms 91:15He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him.
Proverbs 3:5Trust in the LORD with all yours heart; and lean not unto yours own understanding.
Jeremiah 33:3Call unto me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you know not.
Malachi 3:18Then shall all of you return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serves God and him that serves him not.
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 →