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Daniel 2:2
New English Translation
Daniel 2:2
New English Translation
2 The king issued an order[a] to summon the magicians, astrologers, sorcerers, and wise men[b] in order to explain his dreams to him.[c] So they came and awaited the king’s instructions.[d]
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- Daniel 2:2 tn Heb “said.” So also in v. 12.
- Daniel 2:2 tn Heb “Chaldeans.” The term Chaldeans (Hebrew כַּשְׂדִּים, kasdim) is used in the book of Daniel both in an ethnic sense and, as here, to refer to a caste of Babylonian wise men and astrologers.
- Daniel 2:2 tn Heb “to explain to the king his dreams.”
- Daniel 2:2 tn Heb “stood before the king.”
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