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Daniel 1:13 (NIV)

Then compare our appearance with that of the young men who eat the royal food, and treat your servants in accordance with what you see.”

Daniel 1:14 (NIV)

So he agreed to this and tested them for ten days.

Daniel 1:15 (NIV)

At the end of the ten days they looked healthier and better nourished than any of the young men who ate the royal food.

Daniel 1:16 (NIV)

So the guard took away their choice food and the wine they were to drink and gave them vegetables instead.

Daniel 1:17 (NIV)

To these four young men God gave knowledge and understanding of all kinds of literature and learning. And Daniel could understand visions and dreams of all kinds.

Daniel 1:18 (NIV)

At the end of the time set by the king to bring them into his service, the chief official presented them to Nebuchadnezzar.

Daniel 1:19 (NIV)

The king talked with them, and he found none equal to Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah; so they entered the king’s service.

Daniel 1:20 (NIV)

In every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king questioned them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters in his whole kingdom.

Daniel 1:21 (NIV)

And Daniel remained there until the first year of King Cyrus.

Daniel 2:1 (NIV)

In the second year of his reign, Nebuchadnezzar had dreams; his mind was troubled and he could not sleep.

Daniel 2:2 (NIV)

So the king summoned the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers and astrologers to tell him what he had dreamed. When they came in and stood before the king,

Daniel 2:3 (NIV)

he said to them, “I have had a dream that troubles me and I want to know what it means. ”

Daniel 2:4 (NIV)

Then the astrologers answered the king, “May the king live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will interpret it.”

The king replied to the astrologers, “This is what I have firmly decided: If you do not tell me what my dream was and interpret it, I will have you cut into pieces and your houses turned into piles of rubble.

Daniel 2:6 (NIV)

But if you tell me the dream and explain it, you will receive from me gifts and rewards and great honor. So tell me the dream and interpret it for me.”

Daniel 2:8 (NIV)

Then the king answered, “I am certain that you are trying to gain time, because you realize that this is what I have firmly decided:

Daniel 2:9 (NIV)

If you do not tell me the dream, there is only one penalty for you. You have conspired to tell me misleading and wicked things, hoping the situation will change. So then, tell me the dream, and I will know that you can interpret it for me.”

Daniel 2:10 (NIV)

The astrologers 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.

Daniel 2:11 (NIV)

What the king asks is too difficult. No one can reveal it to the king except the gods, and they do not live among humans.”

Daniel 2:12 (NIV)

This made the king so angry and furious that he ordered the execution of all the wise men of Babylon.

Daniel 2:13 (NIV)

So the decree was issued to put the wise men to death, and men were sent to look for Daniel and his friends to put them to death.

Daniel 2:14 (NIV)

When Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard, had gone out to put to death the wise men of Babylon, Daniel spoke to him with wisdom and tact.

Daniel 2:15 (NIV)

He asked the king’s officer, “Why did the king issue such a harsh decree?” Arioch then explained the matter to Daniel.

Daniel 2:16 (NIV)

At this, Daniel went in to the king and asked for time, so that he might interpret the dream for him.

Daniel 2:17 (NIV)

Then Daniel returned to his house and explained the matter to his friends Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah.