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23 I thank you and praise you, God of my ·ancestors [fathers],
    because you have given me wisdom and ·power [might].
You told me what we asked of you;
    you told us about the king’s ·dream [L matter].”

The Meaning of the Dream

24 Then Daniel went to Arioch, the man King Nebuchadnezzar had ·chosen [assigned; delegated] to ·kill [put to death; destroy] the wise men of Babylon. Daniel said to him, “Don’t ·put the wise men of Babylon to death [kill/destroy the wise men of Babylon]. Take me to the king, and I will ·tell him what his dream means [L give him its interpretation].”

25 Very quickly Arioch took Daniel to the king and said, “I have found a man among the ·captives [L sons of the exiles] from Judah who can tell the king ·what his dream means [its interpretation].”

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