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What does Daniel 2:16 mean?
"Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint him a time, and he would show the king the interpretation."
— Daniel 2:16 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
So the decree went out, and the wise men were to be slain. They sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.
Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon.
He answered Arioch the king’s captain, “Why is the decree so urgent from the king?” Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint him a time, and he would show the king the interpretation.
Then Daniel went to his house and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions would not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
Then the secret was revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven.
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