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Then the king said to call in the [a](A)magicians, the conjurers, the sorcerers, and the [b]Chaldeans to tell the king his dreams. So they came in and stood before the king.

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  1. Daniel 2:2 Or soothsayer priests
  2. Daniel 2:2 Or master astrologers, so in ch

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)Say the dream to your servants, and we will declare the interpretation.” The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, “The word from me is firm: if you do not make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you will be [b](D)torn limb from limb, and your houses will be made 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 Lit made 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 not a man on earth who is able to declare the matter [b]for the king, inasmuch as no great king or powerful ruler has ever asked about a matter like this of any [c](A)magician, conjurer, or Chaldean.

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  1. Daniel 2:10 Lit before the
  2. Daniel 2:10 Lit of
  3. Daniel 2:10 Or soothsayer priest

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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We Will Not Serve Your Gods

For this reason at that time certain (A)Chaldeans came near 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](A)magicians, the conjurers, the [b]Chaldeans, and the diviners came in, and I said the dream [c]to them, but they could not make its (B)interpretation known to me.

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  1. Daniel 4:7 Or soothsayer priests, so in ch
  2. Daniel 4:7 Or master astrologers
  3. 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 out loudly to bring in the (A)conjurers, the [a]Chaldeans, and the diviners. The king answered and said to the wise men of Babylon, “Any man who can read this writing and declare its interpretation to me shall be (B)clothed with purple and have a (C)necklace of gold around his neck and rule with power as [b](D)third ruler in the kingdom.”

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  1. Daniel 5:7 Or master astrologers
  2. Daniel 5:7 Or a triumvir

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, set him as chief of the [c]magicians, conjurers, [d]Chaldeans, and diviners.

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  1. Daniel 5:11 Or the Spirit of the holy God
  2. Daniel 5:11 Or O king
  3. Daniel 5:11 Or soothsayer priests
  4. Daniel 5:11 Or master astrologers

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 of Supplication

In the first year of (A)Darius the son of Ahasuerus, from the seed of the Medes, 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