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Daniel - ch 2 v 1 - 20
- And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, and his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from him.
- And the king commanded to call the scribes, and the magicians, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to shew the king his dreams; and they came and stood before the king.
- And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my spirit is troubled to know the dream.
- And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, O king, live for ever! tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
- The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The command is gone forth from me: If ye do not make known unto me the dream, and its interpretation, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
- But if ye shew the dream and its interpretation, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour; therefore shew me the dream and its interpretation.
- They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
- The king answered and said, I know of a certainty that ye would gain time, because ye see the word is gone forth from me;
- but if ye do not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you; for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me its interpretation.
- The Chaldeans answered before the king and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king's matter; therefore there is no king, however great and powerful, that hath asked such a thing of any scribe, or magician, or Chaldean.
- For the thing that the king demandeth is extraordinary, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.
- For this cause the king was irritated and very wroth, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
- And the decree went forth that the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to slay them.
- Then 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:
- he 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.
- And Daniel went in, and requested of the king that he would give him time, that he might shew the king the interpretation.
- Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions;
- that they would desire mercies of the God of the heavens concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
- Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a night vision. Then Daniel blessed the God of the heavens.
- Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever; For wisdom and might are his.
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