Daniel 2:23-
24 I
thank thee, and praise thee,
O thou God of my fathers,
who hast given me wisdom and might,
and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast [
now] made known unto us the king's matter. ... Therefore Daniel went in unto
Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise [
men] of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him;
Destroy not the wise [
men] of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.