Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Daniel 2:12
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This response made the king so angry and furious that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
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For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise [men] of Babylon.
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Because of this, the king was angry and very furious, and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed.
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For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
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Daniel 2
10 The astrologers answered the king, “No one on earth can do what the king requests! No king, however great and powerful, has ever asked anything like this of any magician, enchanter, or astrologer.
11 What the king requests is so difficult that no one can tell it to him except the gods, whose dwelling is not with mortals.”
12 This response made the king so angry and furious that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
13 So the decree went out that the wise men were to be executed, and men went to look for Daniel and his friends to execute them.
14 When Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard, went out to execute the wise men of Babylon, Daniel responded with discretion and tact.
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