Daniel 2:13 Cross References - MLV

¹³ So the decree went forth and the wise men were to be slain. And they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

¹² Then the king's scribes were called in the first month, on the thirteenth day of it. And there was written according to all that Haman commanded to the king's satraps and to the governors who were over every province and to the rulers of every people, to every province according to the writing of it and to every people after their language, in the name of king Ahasuerus it was written. And it was sealed with the king's ring.
¹³ And letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little sons and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
¹⁴ A copy of the writing that the decree should be given out in every province was proclaimed to all the peoples, that they should be ready against that day. ¹⁵ The posts went forth in haste by the king's commandment and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace.
And the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Shushan was perplexed.

²⁰ Shall the throne of wickedness have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by statute?

¹⁵ A roaring lion and a ranging bear, is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
¹⁶ The ruler who lacks understanding is also a great oppressor, but he who hates covetousness will prolong his days.
¹⁷ A man who is laden with the blood of any person will flee to the pit. Let no man hold him.

¹ Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees and to the writers who write perverseness,

¹⁹ And the king spoke with them. And among them all none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah. Therefore they stood before the king. ²⁰ And in every matter of wisdom and understanding, concerning which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters who were in all his realm.

⁹ Therefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.
¹⁰ And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem) and he knelt upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he did formerly.
¹¹ Then these men assembled together and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God. ¹² Then they came near and spoke before the king concerning the king's interdict. Have you not signed an interdict, that every man who will make petition to any god or man within thirty days, except to you, O king, will be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which does not alter.
¹³ Then they answered and said before the king, That Daniel, who is of the sons of the captivity of Judah, does not regard you, O king, nor the interdict that you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.
¹⁴ Then the king, when he heard these words, was very displeased and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him. And he labored till the going down of the sun to rescue him.
¹⁵ Then these men assembled together to the king and said to the king, Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no interdict nor statute which the king establishes may be changed.