"And the decree went forth that the wise {men} should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain." — Daniel 2:13

Daniel 2:13 · KJV

“And the decree went forth that the wise {men} should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.”

— Daniel 2:13

For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise {men} of Babylon.

Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise {men} of Babylon: {answered...: Chaldee, returned} {captain...: or, chief marshal: Chaldee, chief of the executioners, or, slaughtermen}

Daniel 2 — Context

And {it is} a rare thing that the king requireth, 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 angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise {men} of Babylon.

And the decree went forth that the wise {men} should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why {is} the decree {so} hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

Cross References

Daniel 1:19-20

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.

Esther 3:12-15

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 {were} over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and {to} every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring. {scribes: or, secretaries}

Isaiah 10:1

Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness {which} they have prescribed; {that write...: or, to the writers that write grievousness}

Daniel 6:9-15

Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

Proverbs 28:15-17

{As} a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; {so is} a wicked ruler over the poor people.

Psalms 94:20

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?