Daniel 2:14-20

14Then Daniel responded with tact and discretion to Arioch, the captain of the king’s guard, who had gone out to execute the wise men of Babylon.

15He asked Arioch, the king’s officer, “Why is the decree from the king so harsh?” Then Arioch explained the situation to Daniel.

16So Daniel went and asked the king to give him some time, so that he could give the king the interpretation.

17Then Daniel went to his house and told his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah about the matter,

18urging them to ask the God of the heavens for mercy concerning this mystery, so Daniel and his friends would not be destroyed with the rest of Babylon’s wise men.

19The mystery was then revealed to Daniel in a vision at night, and Daniel praised the God of the heavens

20and declared: May the name of God be praised forever and ever, for wisdom and power belong to him.