Daniel 2:14

14 Entonces Daniel habló avisada y prudentemente a Arioc, capitán de los de la guardia del rey, que había salido para matar a los sabios de Babilonia

Daniel 2:14 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 2:14

Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom
In a discreet manner, using soft words and gentle language, humbly and modestly inquiring what should be the meaning of all this. The Vulgate Latin version is, "he inquired of the law and decree" ^F9; what was the reason of the king's orders, which this officer had in commission to execute; with which others agree: or, "he made to return the counsel and decree" ^F11, as some choose to render it; he stopped the execution of it for the present, by his inquiries and prudent behaviour but neither seem to agree with what follows; the first sense is best: to Arioch the captain of the king's guards:
there was a king of this name, ( Genesis 14:1 ) , this man, according to the Septuagint version, and others that follow it, was the chief of the king's cooks; and Aben Ezra says the word in the Arabic language so signifies: or, as it may be rendered, "the chief of the slaughterers" ^F12; the executioners of malefactors, so Jarchi; he was the king's chief executioner, with which agrees the business he was now charged with: the Vulgate Latin version calls him the prince of the militia; and others the king's provost marshal: which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon;
who by the king's order went forth from the court into the city, to slay all in Babylon who went under the character of wise men; they were not among those that could not answer the king's demand, since they declared none could do it; and therefore he ordered them all to be slain, as a set of useless men in his kingdom.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 (Mejw aje byth) "interrogavit de lege et decreto", V. L.; "super consilio", Munster, Calvin; "de eo consilio", Castalio.
F11 "Redire fecit consilium et statutum", Pagninus, Montanus; "reverti fecit", Michaelis.
F12 (ayxbj br) "principem carnificum", Montanus, Grotius.

Daniel 2:14 In-Context

12 Por esto el rey con ira y con gran enojo, mandó que mataran a todos los sabios de Babilonia

13 Y se publicó el mandamiento y los sabios eran llevados a la muerte y buscaron a Daniel y a sus compañeros para matarlos

14 Entonces Daniel habló avisada y prudentemente a Arioc, capitán de los de la guardia del rey, que había salido para matar a los sabios de Babilonia

15 Habló y dijo a Arioc capitán del rey: ¿Cuál es la causa por la cual este mandamiento se publica de parte del rey tan apresuradamente? Entonces Arioc declaró el negocio a Daniel

16 Y Daniel entró, y pidió al rey que le diera tiempo, y que él mostraría al rey la declaración