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King Nebuchadnezzar sent forth a decree to destroy all wise men of Babylon for none could tell and interpret his dreams. Daniel then went to the king and requested more time to explain the meaning.Chapter 2 “Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions; that they might ask mercy of the God of Heaven 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 vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of Heaven. Daniel spoke and said: Blessed be the name of God From everlasting even unto everlasting; For wisdom and might are His; And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings, and sets up kings; He gives wisdom unto the wise, And knowledge to them that know understanding; He reveals the deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, And the Light dwells with Him. I thank Thee, and praise Thee, Thou God of my fathers, Who has given me wisdom and might, And has now made known unto me what we desired of Thee; For Thou have made known unto us the king’s matter.Therefore, Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus unto him: ‘Destroy not the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will declare unto the king the interpretation.’ Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste […].The king spoke and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar: ‘Are thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?’ Daniel answered before the king, and said: ‘The secret which the king has asked can neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor astrologers, declare unto the king; but there is a God in Heaven that reveals secrets, and He has made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the end of days. […]”
