Daniel 2:12-18

12For this cause the king was irritated and very wroth, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

13And the decree went forth that the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to slay them.

14Then Daniel answered with counsel and prudence to Arioch the chief of the king's bodyguard, who had gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:

15he answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so rigorous from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

16And Daniel went in, and requested of the king that he would give him time, that he might shew the king the interpretation.

17Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions;

18that they would desire mercies of the 1God of the heavens concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.