Daniel 2:2
2:2 The king issued an order 1 to summon the magicians, astrologers, sorcerers, and wise men 2 in order to explain his dreams to him. 3 So they came and awaited the king’s instructions. 4
Daniel 3:10
3:10 You have issued an edict, O king, that everyone must bow down and pay homage to the golden statue when they hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music.
Daniel 4:6
4:6 So I issued an order 5 for all the wise men of Babylon to be brought 6 before me so that they could make known to me the interpretation of the dream.
Daniel 6:13
6:13 Then they said to the king, “Daniel, who is one of the captives 7 from Judah, pays no attention to you, O king, or to the edict that you issued. Three times daily he offers his prayer.” 8
1 tn Heb “said.” So also in v. 12.
2 tn Heb “Chaldeans.” The term Chaldeans (Hebrew כַּשְׂדִּים, kasdim) is used in the book of Daniel both in an ethnic sense and, as here, to refer to a caste of Babylonian wise men and astrologers.
3 tn Heb “to explain to the king his dreams.”
4 tn Heb “stood before the king.”
5 tn Aram “from me there was placed a decree.”
6 tn The Aramaic infinitive here is active.
7 tn Aram “from the sons of the captivity [of].”
8 tn Aram “prays his prayer.”