From Judaism’s Holy Tanakh: Book of Daniel, Chapters 1 and 2, Part 2 of 2

King Nebuchadnezzar sent forth a decree to destroy all wise men of Babylon for none could tell and interpret his dreams. Daniel then went to the king and requested more time to explain the meaning.

Chapter 2 “Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions; that they might ask mercy of the God of Heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his companions should not perish with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.

Then was the secret revealed unto Daniel in a vision of the night. Then Daniel blessed the God of Heaven. Daniel spoke and said: Blessed be the name of God From everlasting even unto everlasting; For wisdom and might are His; And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings, and sets up kings; He gives wisdom unto the wise, And knowledge to them that know understanding; He reveals the deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, And the Light dwells with Him. I thank Thee, and praise Thee, Thou God of my fathers, Who has given me wisdom and might, And has now made known unto me what we desired of Thee; For Thou have made known unto us the king’s matter.

Therefore, Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus unto him: ‘Destroy not the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will declare unto the king the interpretation.’ Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste […].

The king spoke and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar: ‘Are thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?’ Daniel answered before the king, and said: ‘The secret which the king has asked can neither wise men, enchanters, magicians, nor astrologers, declare unto the king; but there is a God in Heaven that reveals secrets, and He has made known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the end of days. […]”