Daniel 2:12-18

12For this cause the kingH4430 was irritated and very wroth, and commanded to destroyH7 all the wiseH2445 men of BabylonH895.

13And the decreeH1882 went forth that the wiseH2445 men were to be slain; and they sought DanielH1841 and his companions to slay them.

14ThenH116 DanielH1841 answered with counsel and prudence to AriochH746 the chiefH7229 of the king's bodyguard, who had gone forth to slay the wiseH2445 men of BabylonH895:

15he answered and saidH560 to AriochH746 the king's captain, WhyH4101 is the decreeH1882 so rigorous from the kingH4430? ThenH116 AriochH746 madeH3046 the thing knownH3046 to DanielH1841.

16And DanielH1841 went in, and requested of the kingH4430 that he would giveH5415 him timeH2166, that he might shew the kingH4430 the interpretationH6591.

17ThenH116 DanielH1841 went to his houseH1005, and madeH3046 the thing knownH3046 to HananiahH2608, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions;

18that they would desire mercies of the 1GodH426 of the heavensH8065 concerningH5922 this secret; that DanielH1841 and his companions should not perish with the restH7606 of the wiseH2445 men of BabylonH895.