Daniel 2:14
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Then Daniel inquired concerning the law and the sentence, of Arioch, the general of the king's army, who was gone forth to kill the wise men of Babylon.

answered.

2 Samuel 20:16-22 And a wise woman cried out from the city: Hear, hear, and say to Joab: Come near hither, and I will speak with thee. . . .

Ecclesiastes 9:13-18 This wisdom also I have seen under the sun, and it seemed to me to be very great: . . .

captain of the king's guard.

Genesis 37:36 The Madianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Putiphar, an eunuch of Pharao, captain of the soldiers.

Jeremiah 39:9 And Nabuzardan the general of the army carried away captive to Babylon the remnant of the people that remained in the city, and the fugitives that had gone over to him, and the rest of the people that remained.

Jeremiah 52:12,14 And in the fifth month, the tenth day of the month, the same is the nineteenth year of Nabuchodonosor, king of Babylon, came Nabuzardan the general of the army, who stood before the king of Babylon in Jerusalem. . . .

Context
The Dream Revealed to Daniel
14Then Daniel inquired concerning the law and the sentence, of Arioch, the general of the king's army, who was gone forth to kill the wise men of Babylon.15And he asked him that had received the orders of the king, why so cruel a sentence was gone forth from the face of the king. And when Arioch had told the matter to Daniel,…
Cross References
Genesis 37:36
The Madianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Putiphar, an eunuch of Pharao, captain of the soldiers.

Daniel 2:15
And he asked him that had received the orders of the king, why so cruel a sentence was gone forth from the face of the king. And when Arioch had told the matter to Daniel,

Daniel 2:24
After this Daniel went in to Arioch, to whom the king had given orders to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and he spoke thus to him: Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will tell the solution to the king.

Lexicon
When
בֵּאדַ֣יִן (bê·ḏa·yin)
Preposition-b | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 116: Then, thereupon

Arioch,
לְאַרְי֕וֹךְ (lə·’ar·yō·wḵ)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 746: Arioch -- king of Ellasar

the commander
רַב־ (raḇ-)
Adjective - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7229: Abundant

of the king’s
מַלְכָּ֑א (mal·kā)
Noun - masculine singular determinate
Strong's Hebrew 4430: A king

guard,
טַבָּחַיָּ֖א (ṭab·bā·ḥay·yā)
Noun - masculine plural determinate
Strong's Hebrew 2877: A lifeguardsman

had gone out
נְפַ֣ק (nə·p̄aq)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5312: To go or come out or forth

to execute
לְקַטָּלָ֔ה (lə·qaṭ·ṭā·lāh)
Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 6992: To kill

the wise men
לְחַכִּימֵ֖י (lə·ḥak·kî·mê)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 2445: Wise, a Magian

of Babylon,
בָּבֶֽל׃ (bā·ḇel)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 895: Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city

Daniel
דָּנִיֵּ֗אל (dā·nî·yêl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1841: Daniel -- 'God is my judge', an Israelite leader in Babylon

replied
הֲתִיב֙ (hă·ṯîḇ)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8421: To return

with discretion
עֵטָ֣א (‘ê·ṭā)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5843: Prudence

and tact.
וּטְעֵ֔ם (ū·ṭə·‘êm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2942: Flavor, judgment, account


Additional Translations
When Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard, had gone out to execute the wise men of Babylon, Daniel replied with discretion and tact.Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:

Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, who was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon;

Then Daniel answered with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the royal guard, who was gone forth to kill the wise men of Babylon; saying,

Then Daniel answered with counsel and prudence to Arioch the chief of the king's bodyguard, who had gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:

Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon;

Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, who had gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:

Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, who was gone forth to kill the wise men of Babylon;

Then Daniel hath replied with counsel and discretion to Arioch chief of the executioners of the king, who hath gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon.
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