Daniel 2:13 Cross References - Leeser

¹³ And the law went forth and some of the wise men were slain: and they sought Daniel and his companions to slay them.

¹² Then were called the king’s scribes in the first month on the thirteenth day thereof, and there was written all just as Haman had commanded unto the king’s lieutenants, and to the governors that were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every province according to its writing, and to every people according to its language: in the name of king Achashverosh was it written, and it was sealed with the king’s signet-ring. ¹³ And the letters were sent by the runners unto all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to exterminate all the Jews, from young to old, little ones and women, on one day, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to plunder their property as spoil. ¹⁴ A copy of the writing, to be given out as a law in every province, was published unto all the nations, that they might be ready against that day. ¹⁵ The runners went out with all speed with the king’s decree, and the law was given out in Shushan the capital: and the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was perplexed.

²⁰ Can there be associated with thee the throne of destructive wickedness, which frameth mischief as a law?

¹⁵ As a roaring lion, and a greedy bear, so is a wicked ruler over an indigent people. ¹⁶ The prince that is void of understanding is also a great oppressor; but he that hateth unjust gain will prolong his days. ¹⁷ A man oppressed by the load of having shed human blood will flee even to the pit: let no man hold him.

¹ Woe unto those that decree decrees of unrighteousness, and the writers who write down wrongful things;

¹⁹ And the king spoke with them; and there was not found among them all any one like Daniel, Chananyah, Mishael, and ‘Azaryah: and so they served before the king. ²⁰ And in every matter of wise understanding, which the king required of them, he found them ten times superior above all the magicians and astrologers that were in all his kingdom.

^{9 (6:10)} In view of this king Darius signed the writing and the prohibition. ^{10 (6:11)} Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went up unto his house, where he had open windows in his upper chamber in the direction of Jerusalem; and three times every day he kneeled upon his knees, and prayed, and offered thanks before his God, as he had been doing before that time. ^{11 (6:12)} Then came in these men tumultuously, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. ^{12 (6:13)} Then came they near, and spoke before the king concerning the king’s prohibition, Hast thou not signed a prohibition, that every man that will pray for aught of any God or man, within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is certainly so, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot he repealed. ^{13 (6:14)} Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, who is of the children of the exiles of Judah, hath paid no regard to thee, O king, nor to the prohibition which thou hast signed; but three times every day he offereth up his prayer. ^{14 (6:15)} Then the king, when he heard this matter, felt very much distressed within himself, and on account of Daniel he sought an excuse to deliver him; and till the going down of the sun he strove hard to rescue him. ^{15 (6:16)} Then came these men tumultuously unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that it is the law of the Medes and Persians. That every prohibition and statute which the king hath established is not to be changed.