Daniel 2:13 (BSB)

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.

From Daniel 2. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Daniel 2:13

  • John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Daniel 2:13: It appears from these words that some of the wise men had been slain, for Daniel at first is not required for slaughter; but when the Magi and Chaldeans were promiscuously dragged out for punishment, Daniel and his companions were in the same danger.
  • Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Daniel 2:1-13: We meet with a great difficulty in the date of this story; it is said to be in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Dan 2:1. Now Daniel was carried to Babylon in his first year, and, it should seem, he was three years under tutors and governors before he was presented to the king, Dan 1:5. How then could this happen in the second year?
  • John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Daniel 2:13: And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain,.... Or, "and the wise men were slain" (h), 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...
  • Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Daniel 2:13: And the decree went forth that the wise [men] should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain. (i) Which declares that God would not have his servant united in the company of these sorcerers and astrologers, whose arts were wicked, and therefore justly ought to die, even though the king did it upon a rage and not from zeal.