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11 A rare and weighty thing indeed the king requires! None except the gods can reveal it to the king, and their dwelling is not with [human] flesh.

12 For this cause the king was angry and very furious and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.

13 So the decree went forth that the wise men were to be killed, and [the officers] sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

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