2:5 The king replied to the wise men, “My decision is firm. If you do not inform me of both the dream and its interpretation, you will be dismembered and your homes reduced to rubble!
Daniel 2:12-13
2:12 Because of this the king got furiously angry and gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
2:13 So a decree went out, and the wise men were about to be executed. They also sought Daniel and his friends so that they could be executed.