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and they sought Daniel and his companions, to kill them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/daniel/2.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the decree went out that the wise men were to be executed, and men went to look for Daniel and his friends to execute them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/daniel/2.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the decree went forth that the wise <i>men</i> should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/daniel/2.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />So the decree went out, and they began killing the wise <i>men;</i> and they sought Daniel and his companions, to kill <i>them.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/daniel/2.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the decree was issued that the wise men be killed; and they looked for Daniel and his friends, to kill <i>them.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/daniel/2.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />So the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they looked for Daniel and his friends to kill them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/daniel/2.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />So the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they looked for Daniel and his friends to kill <i>them.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/daniel/2.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So the law went forth that the wise men were to be killed; and they sought out Daniel and his friends to kill <i>them</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/daniel/2.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />So the decree went out that the wise men were to be killed; and they looked for Daniel and his companions to put them to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/daniel/2.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The decree was issued that the wise men were to be executed, and they searched for Daniel and his friends, to execute them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/daniel/2.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The decree was issued that the wise men were to be executed, and they searched for Daniel and his friends, to execute them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/daniel/2.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/daniel/2.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/daniel/2.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />So 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/daniel/2.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />So the order was issued for all of them to be killed, including Daniel and his friends. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/daniel/2.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When the order went out to kill the advisors, they searched for Daniel and his friends to kill them, too. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/daniel/2.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So the decree went out that the wise men were to be executed, and men went to look for Daniel and his friends to execute them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/daniel/2.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So a decree went out, and the wise men were about to be executed. They also sought Daniel and his friends so that they could be executed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/daniel/2.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be killed; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be killed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/daniel/2.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/daniel/2.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />So the decree went out, and the wise men were to be slain. They sought Daniel and his companions to be slain. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/daniel/2.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And the sentence has gone forth, and the wise men are being slain, and they have sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/daniel/2.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And the sentence hath gone forth, and the wise men are being slain, and they have sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/daniel/2.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And the edict went forth and the wise men being killed; and they sought Daniel and his associates to be killed.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/daniel/2.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the decree being gone forth, the wise men were slain: and Daniel and his companions were sought for, to be put to death. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/daniel/2.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And when the decree had gone forth, the wise men were put to death; and Daniel and his companions were sought, to be destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/daniel/2.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When the decree was issued that the wise men should be slain, Daniel and his companions were also sought out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/daniel/2.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The decree was issued, and the wise men were about to be executed; and they looked for Daniel and his companions, to execute them.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/daniel/2.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and guards sought Daniel and his companions to slay them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/daniel/2.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the command went out and the wise men were to be killed, and they were seeking to kill Daniel and his companions<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/daniel/2.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/daniel/2.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />So the decree went forth, and they began to slay the wise men; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to slay <i>them</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/daniel/2-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/shUZJK-vYxI?start=358" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/daniel/2.htm">Nebuchadnezzar's Dream</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>This response made the king so furious with anger that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon. <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1882.htm" title="1882: wə·ḏā·ṯā (Conj-w:: N-fsd) -- Decree, law. (Aramaic) corresponding to dath; decree, law.">So the decree</a> <a href="/hebrew/5312.htm" title="5312: nep̄·qaṯ (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To go or come out or forth. (Aramaic) a primitive root; to issue; causatively, to bring out.">went out</a> <a href="/hebrew/2445.htm" title="2445: wə·ḥak·kî·may·yā (Conj-w:: N-mpd) -- A wise man. (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to chakam; wise, i.e. A Magian.">that the wise men</a> <a href="/hebrew/6992.htm" title="6992: miṯ·qaṭ·ṭə·lîn (V-Hitpael-Prtcpl-mp) -- To slay. (Aramaic) corresponding to qatal; to kill.">were to be executed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1156.htm" title="1156: ū·ḇə·‘ōw (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3mp) -- To ask, seek. (Aramaic) or b ah (Aramaic); corresponding to ba'ah; to seek or ask.">and men went to look for</a> <a href="/hebrew/1841.htm" title="1841: dā·nî·yêl (N-proper-ms) -- God is my judge, an Isr. leader in Bab. (Aramaic) corresponding to Daniye'l; Danijel, the Heb. Prophet.">Daniel</a> <a href="/hebrew/2269.htm" title="2269: wə·ḥaḇ·rō·w·hî (Conj-w:: N-mpc:: 3ms) -- Fellow, comrade. (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to chabar; an associate.">and his friends</a> <a href="/hebrew/6992.htm" title="6992: lə·hiṯ·qə·ṭā·lāh (Prep-l:: V-Hitpael-Inf) -- To slay. (Aramaic) corresponding to qatal; to kill.">to execute them.</a> </span><div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/esther/3-13.htm">Esther 3:13</a></span><br />And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/6-31.htm">2 Kings 6:31</a></span><br />He announced, “May God punish me, and ever so severely, if the head of Elisha son of Shaphat remains on his shoulders through this day!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/12-19.htm">Acts 12:19</a></span><br />After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/2-16.htm">Matthew 2:16</a></span><br />When Herod saw that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was filled with rage. Sending orders, he put to death all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity who were two years old and under, according to the time he had learned from the Magi.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/19-11.htm">1 Samuel 19:11</a></span><br />Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch him and kill him in the morning. But David’s wife Michal warned him, “If you do not run for your life tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/5-33.htm">Acts 5:33</a></span><br />When the Council members heard this, they were enraged, and they resolved to put the apostles to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/9-23.htm">Acts 9:23-24</a></span><br />After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him, / but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/26-21.htm">Jeremiah 26:21</a></span><br />King Jehoiakim and all his mighty men and officials heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah found out about it, he fled in fear and went to Egypt.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/19-2.htm">1 Kings 19:2</a></span><br />So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods deal with me, and ever so severely, if by this time tomorrow I have not made your life like the lives of those you killed!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/23-12.htm">Acts 23:12-15</a></span><br />When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul. / More than forty of them were involved in this plot. / They went to the chief priests and elders and said, “We have bound ourselves with a solemn oath not to eat anything until we have killed Paul. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/24-21.htm">2 Chronicles 24:21</a></span><br />But they conspired against Zechariah, and by order of the king, they stoned him in the courtyard of the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-59.htm">Matthew 26:59</a></span><br />Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were seeking false testimony against Jesus in order to put Him to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/7-54.htm">Acts 7:54</a></span><br />On hearing this, the members of the Sanhedrin were enraged, and they gnashed their teeth at him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/10-24.htm">2 Kings 10:24-25</a></span><br />And they went in to offer sacrifices and burnt offerings. Now Jehu had stationed eighty men outside and warned them, “If anyone allows one of the men I am delivering into your hands to escape, he will forfeit his life for theirs.” / When he had finished making the burnt offering, Jehu said to the guards and officers, “Go in and kill them. Do not let anyone out.” So the guards and officers put them to the sword, threw the bodies out, and went into the inner room of the temple of Baal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-53.htm">John 11:53</a></span><br />So from that day on they plotted to kill Him.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.</p><p class="hdg">the decree.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/6-9.htm">Daniel 6:9-15</a></b></br> Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/esther/3-12.htm">Esther 3:12-15</a></b></br> Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that <i>were</i> over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and <i>to</i> every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/94-20.htm">Psalm 94:20</a></b></br> Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?</p><p class="hdg">and they.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/1-19.htm">Daniel 1:19,20</a></b></br> And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/6-12.htm">Daniel 6:12</a></b></br> Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask <i>a petition</i> of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing <i>is</i> true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/37-19.htm">Companions</a> <a href="/daniel/1-21.htm">Daniel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-31.htm">Death</a> <a href="/daniel/2-9.htm">Decree</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-19.htm">Fellows</a> <a href="/daniel/2-8.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-2.htm">Friends</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-1.htm">Issued</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-11.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/ezekiel/46-20.htm">Order</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-45.htm">Sentence</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-42.htm">Slain</a> <a href="/ezekiel/44-11.htm">Slay</a> <a href="/daniel/1-20.htm">Sought</a> <a href="/daniel/2-12.htm">Wise</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/daniel/2-17.htm">Companions</a> <a href="/daniel/2-14.htm">Daniel</a> <a href="/daniel/5-30.htm">Death</a> <a href="/daniel/2-15.htm">Decree</a> <a href="/daniel/2-18.htm">Fellows</a> <a href="/daniel/2-14.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/daniel/2-17.htm">Friends</a> <a href="/daniel/4-24.htm">Issued</a> <a href="/daniel/2-14.htm">Kill</a> <a href="/daniel/2-15.htm">Order</a> <a href="/daniel/2-15.htm">Sentence</a> <a href="/daniel/5-30.htm">Slain</a> <a href="/daniel/2-14.htm">Slay</a> <a href="/daniel/2-16.htm">Sought</a> <a href="/daniel/2-14.htm">Wise</a><div class="vheading2">Daniel 2</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/2-1.htm">Nebuchadnezzar, forgetting his dream, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/2-5.htm">requires it of the Chaldeans, by promises and threats.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/2-10.htm">They acknowledging their inability are judged to die.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/2-14.htm">Daniel obtaining some respite finds the dream.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/2-19.htm">He blesses God.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/2-24.htm">He staying the decree is brought to the king.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">31. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/2-31.htm">The dream.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">36. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/2-36.htm">The interpretation.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">46. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/2-46.htm">Daniel's advancement.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/daniel/2.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/daniel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/daniel/2.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>So the decree went out</b><br>This phrase indicates a formal order issued by King Nebuchadnezzar. In the context of ancient Near Eastern monarchies, a decree from the king was absolute and irrevocable. The king's word was law, reflecting the autocratic nature of Babylonian rule. This decree was a response to the failure of the wise men to interpret the king's dream, highlighting the king's frustration and the high stakes of court life.<p><b>that the wise men were to be executed</b><br>The wise men, including magicians, enchanters, and astrologers, were considered the intellectual elite of Babylon. Their inability to fulfill the king's demand led to a death sentence, illustrating the perilous nature of their positions. This reflects the broader theme of divine wisdom versus human wisdom, as seen in other scriptures like <a href="/1_corinthians/1-20.htm">1 Corinthians 1:20</a>, where human wisdom is contrasted with God's wisdom.<p><b>and men went to look for Daniel and his friends</b><br>Daniel and his friends, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, were among the Jewish exiles brought to Babylon. They had been trained in the ways of the Babylonians but remained faithful to their God. This search for Daniel and his friends underscores their inclusion among the wise men, despite their distinct faith and practices. It also sets the stage for Daniel's role as a type of Christ, who intercedes on behalf of others.<p><b>to execute them</b><br>The intent to execute Daniel and his friends highlights the severity of the situation and the imminent danger they faced. This moment of crisis serves as a backdrop for God's intervention, demonstrating His sovereignty and protection over His faithful servants. It foreshadows the deliverance themes found throughout the book of Daniel and parallels the deliverance found in Christ, who saves from ultimate judgment.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/k/king_nebuchadnezzar.htm">King Nebuchadnezzar</a></b><br>The Babylonian king who had a troubling dream and demanded its interpretation from his wise men, under threat of death.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/w/wise_men_of_babylon.htm">Wise Men of Babylon</a></b><br>A group of magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers who were unable to interpret the king's dream, leading to the decree of execution.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/d/daniel.htm">Daniel</a></b><br>A young Hebrew exile in Babylon, known for his wisdom and ability to interpret dreams, who was sought for execution along with the other wise men.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/d/daniel's_friends.htm">Daniel's Friends</a></b><br>Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, also known as Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who were companions of Daniel and shared in the threat of execution.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_decree.htm">The Decree</a></b><br>An official order from King Nebuchadnezzar to execute all the wise men of Babylon due to their inability to reveal and interpret his dream.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_crisis.htm">God's Sovereignty in Crisis</a></b><br>Recognize that God is in control even in dire situations, as seen in Daniel's response to the king's decree.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_prayer_and_community.htm">The Power of Prayer and Community</a></b><br>Daniel's immediate response was to seek God in prayer with his friends, highlighting the importance of communal prayer in times of crisis.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/courage_and_faithfulness.htm">Courage and Faithfulness</a></b><br>Daniel's courage to face the king and his faithfulness to God serve as a model for standing firm in faith under pressure.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/w/wisdom_from_god.htm">Wisdom from God</a></b><br>True wisdom and understanding come from God, and believers are encouraged to seek His guidance in all circumstances.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_deliverance.htm">God's Deliverance</a></b><br>Trust in God's ability to deliver His people from seemingly impossible situations, as He did with Daniel and his friends.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_daniel_2.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Daniel 2</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_daniel_absent_in_daniel_3.htm">Why is Daniel, a prominent figure in the king's court, conspicuously absent in the events of Daniel 3?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_record_of_nebuchadnezzar's_dream.htm">If Nebuchadnezzar's dream in Daniel 2:1 was as significant as described, why is there no historical record outside the Bible that confirms any such event or demand from the king?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_no_clear_evidence_for_daniel_9_25.htm">Why is there no clear historical or archaeological evidence supporting the exact timing of the decree mentioned in Daniel 9:25?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_the_tribulation.htm">What is the Tribulation?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/daniel/2.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain.</span> As the Aramaic stands, it might be translated as does Professor Fuller, "And the decree went forth, and the wise men were being slain;" the <span class="hebrew">ו</span> of co-ordination maybe regarded as here used of Subordination. Further, the use of the participle for the preterite is not by any means uncommon in Daniel, certainly mainly in the principal clause, as in ver. 5 of the present chapter. Noldeke, in his 'Syriac Grammar,' 278<span class="accented">a</span>, gives examples of the passive participle being used as here in the subordinate clause. The Septuagint is very condensed, but possibly drawn from a similar text, only such extreme condensation is unlike the translator elsewhere. It is possible that some part of the <span class="hebrew">פְּקַד</span>. (<span class="accented">peqad</span>), "to decree," was used, perhaps the participle hithpael. It is possible that the verb <span class="accented">qetal</span> was in the infinitive. Theodotion renders, "And the decree went forth, and the wise men were slain." This, though a possible translation, does not fit what we find represented to be the circumstances, as ver. 24 seems to assume that the wise men were not yet destroyed. On the other hand, it would be hardly possible to imagine the king allowing these wise men who had refused to answer his question, to go out of his presence in safety and unbound. It would seem more natural to imagine that they were carried off to prison, and that all the soothsaying class were intended to be gathered together in prison, in order that the vengeance of the king might be more appallingly manifest. The sentence looks at first sight to us as too savage to be true, but just as savage proofs of vengeance were given by Asshurbanipal. <span class="cmt_word">And they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain</span>. The Septuagint translation of this clause is somewhat paraphrastic, "And Daniel was sought for and all those with him in order to be put to death." The want of an antecedent to fix the nominative of the verb probably led to the sentence assuming its present mould; but "all" seems to have no word to occasion it. Theodotion follows the Massoretic text closely; so also does the Peshitta. It is clear from this that Daniel and his companions had not been summoned into the royal presence when the question concerning the dream was put to the wise men. This would seem to contradict the statement of <a href="/daniel/1-19.htm">Daniel 1:19</a>, "Therefore stood they" - to wit these Hebrew youths <span class="accented">-</span> "before the king." Their position was probably like those who had passed the examination for the Indian Civil Service - they are accepted, but they have still a season of study, and then, after they go out to India, they occupy only subordinate situations at first. While permited to enter the ranks of the soothsayers and astrologers to the court, they were placed at first only in the lower grades, and would have to rise by degrees, and in ordinary circumstances a long time would elapse before they would be summoned into the immediate presence of the sovereign. On the reading of the LXX., Daniel and his friends would not, because they were Jews, and not Chaldeans. One has only to turn to the Talumdic tales to see how unlike this reasonable position is to the ordinary Jewish fictitious narrative. The Book of Daniel is not nearly prodigal enough in wonders to be a representative of the Jewish Midrash. It is further clear that the decree of the king went beyond those who had actually been in his council-chamber on that merest-able day. The idea of the king probably was that the treason which he had found in the heads of the various classes of Chaldean soothsayers would have permeated all the members. Babylonian and foreign, as well; therefore he orders them all to suffer a common fate. Wieseler's hypothesis, that this event took place close to the end of the three years of study which had been assigned to these youths, would suit the statement of events which we find here; although it is not necessary, yet on this assumption, the succession of events as narrated in this chapter becomes perfectly natural. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/daniel/2-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So the decree</span><br /><span class="heb">וְדָתָ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḏā·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular determinate<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1882.htm">Strong's 1882: </a> </span><span class="str2">A royal edict, statute</span><br /><br /><span class="word">went out</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶפְקַ֔ת</span> <span class="translit">(nep̄·qaṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5312.htm">Strong's 5312: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go or come out or forth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that the wise men</span><br /><span class="heb">וְחַכִּֽימַיָּ֖א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḥak·kî·may·yā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural determinate<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2445.htm">Strong's 2445: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wise, a Magian</span><br /><br /><span class="word">were to be executed,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִֽתְקַטְּלִ֑ין</span> <span class="translit">(miṯ·qaṭ·ṭə·lîn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6992.htm">Strong's 6992: </a> </span><span class="str2">To kill</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and men went to look for</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְע֛וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·‘ōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1156.htm">Strong's 1156: </a> </span><span class="str2">To seek, ask</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Daniel</span><br /><span class="heb">דָּנִיֵּ֥אל</span> <span class="translit">(dā·nî·yêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1841.htm">Strong's 1841: </a> </span><span class="str2">Daniel -- 'God is my judge', an Israelite leader in Babylon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and his friends</span><br /><span class="heb">וְחַבְר֖וֹהִי</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḥaḇ·rō·w·hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2269.htm">Strong's 2269: </a> </span><span class="str2">Fellow, comrade</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to execute them.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְהִתְקְטָלָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·hiṯ·qə·ṭā·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6992.htm">Strong's 6992: </a> </span><span class="str2">To kill</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/daniel/2-13.htm">Daniel 2:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/daniel/2-13.htm">Daniel 2:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/daniel/2-13.htm">Daniel 2:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/daniel/2-13.htm">Daniel 2:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/daniel/2-13.htm">Daniel 2:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/daniel/2-13.htm">Daniel 2:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/daniel/2-13.htm">Daniel 2:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/daniel/2-13.htm">Daniel 2:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/daniel/2-13.htm">Daniel 2:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/daniel/2-13.htm">Daniel 2:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/daniel/2-13.htm">OT Prophets: Daniel 2:13 So the decree went forth and (Dan. 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