So the king gave orders to summon the magicians, mediums, sorcerers, and Chaldeans[a](A) to tell the king his dreams. When they came and stood before the king, he said to them, “I have had a dream and am anxious to understand it.”

The Chaldeans spoke to the king (Aramaic[b](B) begins here): “May the king live forever.(C) Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”

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Footnotes

  1. 2:2 In this chap. Chaldeans are influential Babylonian wise men.
  2. 2:4 Dn 2:4–7:28 is written in Aramaic.

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