Daniel 2:17

17 Daniel then went home and told his companions Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah what was going on.

Daniel 2:17 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 2:17

Then Daniel went to his house
Which Sanctius thinks was in the king's palace; very probably it might be near it, somewhere in the city of Babylon; for that it should be twenty miles from that city, as Benjamin of Tudela relates F15, is not likely; since Arioch's orders reached to none but the wise men of Babylon, and where he sought for and found Daniel; hither he went, to be alone, and to seek the Lord in secret: and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his
companions;
who either dwelt in the same house with him, or not far off; whom he sent for and acquainted with all that had passed, both between the king and the wise men, and the consequence of that; and between him and the king, and what promise he had made, relying on his God and theirs.


FOOTNOTES:

F15 Itinerarium, p. 76.

Daniel 2:17 In-Context

15 and quietly asked what was going on: "Why this all of a sudden?"
16 Daniel went to the king and asked for a little time so that he could interpret the dream.
17 Daniel then went home and told his companions Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah what was going on.
18 He asked them to pray to the God of heaven for mercy in solving this mystery so that the four of them wouldn't be killed along with the whole company of Babylonian wise men.
19 That night the answer to the mystery was given to Daniel in a vision. Daniel blessed the God of heaven,
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