Daniel 2:12-14

New American Standard Bible

¹² Because of this, the king became ^(A)angry and extremely furious, and he gave orders to kill all the wise men of Babylon. ¹³ So the ^[a]decree was issued that the wise men be killed; and they looked for ^(B)Daniel and his friends, to ^[b]kill them.

¹⁴ Then Daniel replied with discretion and discernment to ^(C)Arioch, the captain of the king’s ^[c]bodyguard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon;