13And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
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And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king. …
Then were the king's scribes called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and there was written according to all that Haman had commanded unto the king's lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the rulers of every people of every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language; in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring. …
Woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed;
As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people. …
Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-13)We meet with a great difficulty in the date of this story; it is said to be in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Dan. 2:1. Now Daniel was carried to Babylon in his first year, and, it should seem, he was three years under tutors and governors before he was presented to the king, Dan. 1:5. How then could this happen in the second year ? Perhaps, though three years were appointed for t…
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