Daniel 2:13
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And the decree being gone forth, the wise men were slain: and Daniel and his companions were sought for, to be put to death.

Daniel 1:19
And when the king had spoken to them, there were not found among them all such as Daniel, Ananias, Misael, and Azarias: and they stood in the king's presence.

Daniel 1:20
And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the diviners, and wise men, that were in all his kingdom.

Daniel 2:24
After this Daniel went in to Arioch, to whom the king had given orders to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and he spoke thus to him: Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will tell the solution to the king.

Daniel 5:19
And for the greatness that he gave to him, all people, tribes, and languages trembled, and were afraid of him: whom he would, he slew: and whom he would, he destroyed: and whom he would, he set up: and whom he would, he brought down.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And the decree being gone forth, the wise men were slain: and Daniel and his companions were sought for, to be put to death.

the decree.

Daniel 6:9-15 So king Darius set forth the decree, and established it. . . .

Esther 3:12-15 And the king's scribes were called in the first month Nisan, on the thirteenth day of the same mouth: and they wrote, as Aman had commanded, to all the king's lieutenants, and to the judges of the provinces, and of divers nations, as every nation could read, and hear according to their different languages, in the name of king Assuerus: and the letters, sealed with his ring, . . .

Psalm 94:20 Doth the seat of iniquity stick to thee, who framest labour in commandment?

Proverbs 28:15-17 As a roaring lion, and a hungry bear, so is a wicked prince over the poor people. . . .

Isaiah 10:1 Woe to them that make wicked laws: and when they write, write injustice:

and they.

Daniel 1:19,20 And when the king had spoken to them, there were not found among them all such as Daniel, Ananias, Misael, and Azarias: and they stood in the king's presence. . . .

Daniel 6:12 And they came and spoke to the king concerning the edict: O king, hast thou not decreed, that every man that should make a request to any of the gods, or men, for thirty days, but to thyself, O king, should be cast into the den of the lions? And the king answered them, saying: The word is true, according to the decree of the Medes and Persians, which it is not lawful to violate.

Context
Nebuchadnezzar's Dream
12Upon hearing this, the king in fury, and in great wrath, commanded that all the wise men of Babylon should be put to death. 13And the decree being gone forth, the wise men were slain: and Daniel and his companions were sought for, to be put to death.
Lexicon
So the decree
וְדָתָ֣א (wə·ḏā·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 1882: A royal edict, statute

went out
נֶפְקַ֔ת (nep̄·qaṯ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5312: To go or come out or forth

that the wise men
וְחַכִּֽימַיָּ֖א (wə·ḥak·kî·may·yā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural determinate
Strong's Hebrew 2445: Wise, a Magian

were to be executed,
מִֽתְקַטְּלִ֑ין (miṯ·qaṭ·ṭə·lîn)
Verb - Hitpael - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6992: To kill

and men went to look for
וּבְע֛וֹ (ū·ḇə·‘ōw)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1156: To seek, ask

Daniel
דָּנִיֵּ֥אל (dā·nî·yêl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1841: Daniel -- 'God is my judge', an Israelite leader in Babylon

and his friends
וְחַבְר֖וֹהִי (wə·ḥaḇ·rō·w·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2269: Fellow, comrade

to execute them.
לְהִתְקְטָלָֽה׃ (lə·hiṯ·qə·ṭā·lāh)
Preposition-l | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 6992: To kill


Additional Translations
So the decree went out that the wise men were to be executed, and men went to look for Daniel and his friends to execute them.And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

So the decree went forth, and they began to slay the wise men; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to slay them.

And the decree went forth that the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to slay them.

So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

And the sentence hath gone forth, and the wise men are being slain, and they have sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.
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