Daniel 2
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Daniel 2:12-15

12BecauseH6903 of thisH1836, the kingH4430 becameH1149 1angryH1149 and extremelyH7690 furiousH7108, and he gaveH560 ordersH560 to killH7 allH3606 the wiseH2445 menH2445 of BabylonH895. 13So the 2decreeH1882 was issuedH5312 that the wiseH2445 menH2445 be killedH6992; and they lookedH1156 forH1156 3DanielH1841 and his friendsH2269, to 4killH6992 them.

14ThenH116 DanielH1841 repliedH8421 with discretionH5843 and discernmentH2942 to 5AriochH746, the captainH7229 of the king’sH4430 6bodyguardH2877, whoH1768 had goneH5312 outH5312 to killH6992 the wiseH2445 menH2445 of BabylonH895; 15he saidH560 to AriochH746, the king’sH4430 officerH7990, “For whatH4101 reasonH5922H4101 is the decreeH1882 from the kingH4430 so harshH2685?” ThenH116 AriochH746 informedH3046 DanielH1841 of the matterH4406.

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Notes

  1. 1. Daniel 2:12 Ps 76:10; Dan 2:5; 3:13, 19 ↩
  2. 2. Daniel 2:13 Or law ↩
  3. 3. Daniel 2:13 Dan 1:19, 20 ↩
  4. 4. Daniel 2:13 Lit be killed ↩
  5. 5. Daniel 2:14 Dan 2:24 ↩
  6. 6. Daniel 2:14 Or executioners ↩

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