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Daniel 2:12

โ€œFor this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.โ€

Verse in context โ€” Daniel 2

10

The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man on the earth who can show the king's matter, because no king, lord, or ruler, has asked such a thing of any magician, or enchanter, or Chaldean.

11

It is a rare thing that the king requires, and there is no other who can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.

12

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

13

So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

14

Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, who was gone forth to kill the wise men of Babylon;

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