and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain. 002:014 Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, who was gone forth to kill the wise men of Babylon; 002:015 he answered Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so urgent from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel. 002:016 Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint him a time, and he would show the king the interpretation. 002:017 Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: 002:018 that they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon. 002:019 Then was the secret revealed to Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of heaven. 002:020 Daniel answered, Blessed be the name of God forever and ever; for wisdom and might are his. 002:021 He changes the times and the seasons; he removes kings, and sets up kings; he gives wisdom to the wise, and knowledge to those who have understanding; 002:022 he reveals the deep and secret things; he knows what is in the darkness, and the light dwells with him. 002:023 I thank you, and praise you, you God of my fathers, who have given me wisdom and might, and have now made known to me what we desired of you; for you have made known to us the king's matter. 002:024 Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus to him: Don't destroy the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will show to the king the interpretation. 002:025 Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus to him, I have found a man of the children of the captivity of Judah, who will make known to the king the interpretation. 002:026 The king answered Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation of it? 002:027 Daniel answered before the king, and said, The secret which the king has demanded can neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor soothsayers, show to the king; 002:028 but there is a God in heaven who reveals secrets, and he has made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days. Your dream, and the visions of your head on your bed, are these: 002:029 as for you, O king, your thoughts came [into your mind] on your bed, what should happen hereafter; and he who reveals secrets has made known to you what shall happen. 002:030 But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but to the intent