¹² For this reason the king was angry and very furious, and gave the command to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

¹³ Then Nebuchadnezzar, in ^(A)rage and fury, gave the command to bring Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. So they brought these men before the king.

Massacre of the Innocents

¹⁶ Then Herod, when he saw that he was deceived by the wise men, was exceedingly angry; and he sent forth and put to death all the male children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had determined from the wise men.

Saved in Fiery Trial

¹⁹ Then Nebuchadnezzar was full of fury, and the expression on his face changed toward Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-Nego. He spoke and commanded that they heat the furnace seven times more than it was usually heated.

⁵ The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, “My ^[a]decision is firm: if you do not make known the dream to me, and its interpretation, you shall be ^(A)cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made an ash heap.