Daniele 2:15

15 E fece motto ad Arioc, ufficiale del re, e gli disse: Qual è la cagione, che il re ha dato un decreto tanto affrettato? Allora Arioc fece assapere il fatto a Daniele.

Daniele 2:15 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 2:15

And he answered and said to Arioch the king's captain
Or governor F13; over the persons before mentioned; either the king's guard or militia, or cooks or executioners: before, the manner in which Daniel answered is observed; here, the matter of it, as follows: why is the decree so hasty from the King?
or, "why this rash", hasty, or cruel (as the Vulgate Latin version) decree from the king? for so it was: what is the cause and reason of it? then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel;
who before was ignorant of it; he was not with the wise men before the king; either they did not care he should go with them, and therefore called him not; or he did not choose to go himself, being under no temptation by the rewards offered, and especially having no summons from the king himself: this being his case, Arioch informs him of the whole affair; how that the king had dreamed a dream, and forgot it; and had sent for the wise men to tell him both it and the interpretation; but they not being able to do it, and declaring also that it was impossible to be done, the king had given orders to slay all of that character.


FOOTNOTES:

F13 (ajylv) "dominatori", Junius &, Tremellius, Piscator, Broughtonus,

Daniele 2:15 In-Context

13 E il decreto uscì fuori, e i savi erano uccisi; e si cercò Daniele, e i suoi compagni per farli morire.
14 Allora Daniele stolse l’esecuzione del decreto, e della sentenza, commessa ad Arioc, capitano delle guardie del re, ch’era uscito per uccidere i savi di Babilonia.
15 E fece motto ad Arioc, ufficiale del re, e gli disse: Qual è la cagione, che il re ha dato un decreto tanto affrettato? Allora Arioc fece assapere il fatto a Daniele.
16 E Daniele entrò dal re, e lo richiese che gli desse tempo, e ch’egli dichiarerebbe l’interpretazione del sogno al re.
17 Allora Daniele andò a casa sua, e fece assaper la cosa ad Anania, a Misael, e ad Azaria, suoi compagni.
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