Daniel 2:2
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2 Then the king [a]gave orders to call in the (A)soothsayer priests, the conjurers, the sorcerers, and the [b]Chaldeans, to [c]tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.
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- Daniel 2:2 Lit said to call
- Daniel 2:2 Probably master astrologers, diviners, etc., and so throughout the ch
- Daniel 2:2 Lit explain to
Daniel 2:4-5
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4 Then the Chaldeans spoke to the king in [a](A)Aramaic: “(B)O king, live forever! (C)Tell the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation.” 5 The king replied to the Chaldeans, “The command [b]from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be [c](D)torn limb from limb and your houses will be turned into a rubbish heap.
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- Daniel 2:4 The text is in Aramaic from here through 7:28
- Daniel 2:5 Another reading is is issued by me
- Daniel 2:5 Lit turned into limbs
Daniel 2:10
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10 The Chaldeans answered [a]the king and said, “There is no person on earth who could declare the matter [b]to the king, because no great king or ruler has ever asked anything like this of any (A)soothsayer priest, sorcerer, or Chaldean.
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- Daniel 2:10 Lit before the
- Daniel 2:10 Lit of
Daniel 3:8
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Worship of the Image Refused
8 For this reason at that time certain (A)Chaldeans came forward and [a](B)brought charges against the Jews.
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- Daniel 3:8 Lit ate the pieces of
Daniel 4:7
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7 Then the (A)soothsayer priests, the sorcerers, the [a]Chaldeans, and the diviners came in and I related the dream [b]to them, but they could not make its (B)interpretation known to me.
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- Daniel 4:7 Probably master astrologers, diviners, etc.
- Daniel 4:7 Lit before
Daniel 5:7
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7 The king called aloud to bring in the (A)sorcerers, the [a]Chaldeans, and the diviners. The king began speaking and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Anyone who can read this inscription and explain its interpretation to me shall be (B)clothed with purple and have a (C)necklace of gold around his neck, and have authority as (D)third ruler in the kingdom.”
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- Daniel 5:7 I.e., probably master astrologers, diviners, etc., and so throughout the ch
Daniel 5:11
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11 There is a (A)man in your kingdom in whom is [a]a (B)spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of your father, illumination, insight, and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods were found in him. And King Nebuchadnezzar, your father—your father [b](C)the king—appointed him chief of the soothsayer priests, sorcerers, Chaldeans, and diviners.
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- Daniel 5:11 Or possibly the Spirit of the holy God
- Daniel 5:11 Or O king
Daniel 5:30
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30 That same night (A)Belshazzar the Chaldean king was (B)killed.
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Daniel 9:1
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Daniel’s Prayer for His People
9 In the first year of (A)Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of Median descent, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans—
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