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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  1. Daniel 2:2 Lit said to call
  2. Daniel 2:2 Probably master astrologers, diviners, etc., and so throughout the ch
  3. Daniel 2:2 Lit explain to

So the king summoned the magicians,(A) enchanters, sorcerers(B) and astrologers[a](C) to tell him what he had dreamed.(D) When they came in and stood before the king,

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  1. Daniel 2:2 Or Chaldeans; also in verses 4, 5 and 10

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.” 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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  1. Daniel 2:4 The text is in Aramaic from here through 7:28
  2. Daniel 2:5 Another reading is is issued by me
  3. Daniel 2:5 Lit turned into limbs

Then the astrologers answered the king,[a](A) “May the king live forever!(B) Tell your servants the dream, and we will interpret it.”

The king replied to the astrologers, “This is what I have firmly decided:(C) If you do not tell me what my dream was and interpret it, I will have you cut into pieces(D) and your houses turned into piles of rubble.(E)

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  1. Daniel 2:4 At this point the Hebrew text has in Aramaic, indicating that the text from here through the end of chapter 7 is in Aramaic.

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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  1. Daniel 2:10 Lit before the
  2. Daniel 2:10 Lit of

10 The astrologers(A) answered the king, “There is no one on earth who can do what the king asks! No king, however great and mighty, has ever asked such a thing of any magician or enchanter or astrologer.(B)

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Worship of the Image Refused

For this reason at that time certain (A)Chaldeans came forward and [a](B)brought charges against the Jews.

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  1. Daniel 3:8 Lit ate the pieces of

At this time some astrologers[a](A) came forward and denounced the Jews.

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  1. Daniel 3:8 Or Chaldeans

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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  1. Daniel 4:7 Probably master astrologers, diviners, etc.
  2. Daniel 4:7 Lit before

When the magicians,(A) enchanters, astrologers[a] and diviners(B) came, I told them the dream, but they could not interpret it for me.(C)

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  1. Daniel 4:7 Or Chaldeans

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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  1. Daniel 5:7 I.e., probably master astrologers, diviners, etc., and so throughout the ch

The king summoned the enchanters,(A) astrologers[a](B) and diviners.(C) Then he said to these wise(D) men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this writing and tells me what it means will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck,(E) and he will be made the third(F) highest ruler in the kingdom.”(G)

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  1. Daniel 5:7 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 11

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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  1. Daniel 5:11 Or possibly the Spirit of the holy God
  2. Daniel 5:11 Or O king

11 There is a man in your kingdom who has the spirit of the holy gods(A) in him. In the time of your father he was found to have insight and intelligence and wisdom(B) like that of the gods.(C) Your father, King Nebuchadnezzar, appointed him chief of the magicians, enchanters, astrologers and diviners.(D)

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30 That same night (A)Belshazzar the Chaldean king was (B)killed.

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30 That very night Belshazzar,(A) king(B) of the Babylonians,[a] was slain,(C)

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  1. Daniel 5:30 Or Chaldeans

Daniel’s Prayer for His People

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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Daniel’s Prayer

In the first year of Darius(A) son of Xerxes[a](B) (a Mede by descent), who was made ruler over the Babylonian[b] kingdom—

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  1. Daniel 9:1 Hebrew Ahasuerus
  2. Daniel 9:1 Or Chaldean