Daniel 2:13

13 Se publicó entonces un edicto que decretaba la muerte de todos los sabios, de modo que se ordenó la búsqueda de Daniel y de sus compañeros para que fueran ejecutados.

Daniel 2:13 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 2:13

And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain,
&c.] Or, "and the wise men were slain" ^F8, as the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Syriac versions render it; and so Saadiah: orders were given by the king to his proper officers, and his edict was published, and his will made known in the usual manner; upon which the wise men, at least some of them, were slain; very probably those who were in the king's presence, and at court; and the officers were gone out to slay the rest: and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain;
who had the character of wise men, and might be envied at court, and so the officers took this opportunity, having these orders, to slay them: there was, no doubt, a particular providence, that Daniel and his friends should not be at court at this time; both that the vanity of the Chaldean wisdom and arts might be the more manifest and made known, and the divine and superior wisdom and knowledge of Daniel might be more conspicuous, and his fame be spread in Babylon, and in other provinces.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 (Nyljqtm aymykxw) "et sapientes interficiebantur", Pagninus, Montanus, Munster, Piscator, Michaelis.

Daniel 2:13 In-Context

11 Lo que Su Majestad nos pide raya en lo imposible, y nadie podrá revelárselo, a no ser los dioses. ¡Pero ellos no viven entre nosotros!

12 Tanto enfureció al rey la respuesta de los astrólogos, que mandó ejecutar a todos los sabios de Babilonia.

13 Se publicó entonces un edicto que decretaba la muerte de todos los sabios, de modo que se ordenó la búsqueda de Daniel y de sus compañeros para que fueran ejecutados.

14 Cuando el comandante de la guardia real, que se llamaba Arioc, salió para ejecutar a los sabios babilonios, Daniel le habló con mucho tacto e inteligencia.

15 Le dijo: «¿Por qué ha emitido el rey un edicto tan violento?» Y una vez que Arioc le explicó cuál era el problema,