⁴ Then ^(A)the Chaldeans said to the king in Aramaic,^{[a] (B)}“O king, live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.”

¹⁰ The queen,^[a] because of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banqueting hall, and the queen declared, ^(A)“O king, live forever! Let not your thoughts alarm you ^(B)or your color change.

⁹ They declared^[a] to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, live forever!

The Letter to King Artaxerxes

⁷ In the days of Artaxerxes, Bishlam and ^(A)Mithredath and Tabeel and the rest of their associates wrote to Artaxerxes king of Persia. The letter was written ^(B)in Aramaic and translated.^[a]

¹¹ Then Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the Rabshakeh, “Please speak to your servants ^(A)in Aramaic, for we understand it. Do not speak to us in the language of Judah within the hearing of the people who are on the wall.”

²¹ Then Daniel said to the king, ^(A)“O king, live forever!

⁶ Then these ^(A)high officials and ^(B)satraps came by agreement^[a] to the king and said to him, “O ^(C)King Darius, live forever!

³¹ Then Bathsheba bowed with her face to the ground and paid homage to the king and said, ^(A)“May my lord King David live forever!”

⁹ And those who went before and those who followed were shouting, ^(A)“Hosanna! ^(B)Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! ¹⁰ Blessed is ^(C)the coming ^(D)kingdom of ^(E)our father ^(F)David! ^(G)Hosanna ^(H)in the highest!”