Daniel 2:16

13 and, the decree, went forth, that, the wise men, should be slain,—and they sought Daniel and his companions that they might be slain.

14 Immediately, Daniel, made answer with prudence and discretion, to Arioch, chief of the executioners of the king,—who had come forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:

15 he began to speak and said to Arioch the king’s captain,—For what cause, is the decree raging forth from before the king? Then did Arioch make the matter known unto Daniel.

16 So Daniel entered in, and desired of the king,—that, an appointed time, he would give him, and then, the interpretation, he would declare unto the king.

17 Then Daniel, to his own house, departed,—and, to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions, made the matter known;

18 that, tender compassion, they might seek from before the God of the heavens, concerning this secret,—that Daniel and his companions, might not be destroyed, with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

19 Then, unto Daniel—in a vision of the night, the secret was revealed,—whereupon, Daniel, blessed the God of the heavens: