Daniel 2:12-18

12This made the king so angry and furious that he gave an order to destroy all the wise advisers in Babylon.

13So a decree was issued that the wise advisers were to be killed, and some men were sent to find Daniel and his friends and kill them.

14While Arioch, the captain of the royal guard, was leaving to kill the wise advisers in Babylon, Daniel spoke to him using shrewd judgment.

15He asked Arioch, the royal official, “Why is the king’s decree so harsh?” So Arioch explained everything to Daniel.

16Daniel went and asked the king to give him some time so that he could explain the dream’s meaning.

17Then Daniel went home and told his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah about this matter.

18He told them to ask the God of heaven to be merciful and to explain this secret to them so that they would not be destroyed with the rest of the wise advisers in Babylon.