Dan 2:12-13, 37-45, 3:2-7, 15, 19-22, 5:19 | ESV | STEP | Because of this the king was angry and very furious , and commanded that all the wise men of Babylon be destroyed .

12 Because of this the king was angry and ^avery furious, and ^bcommanded that all ^cthe wise men of Babylon be destroyed. 13 So the decree went out, and the wise men were about to be killed; and they sought ^dDaniel and his companions, to kill them.

Daniel 2:37-45

37 You, O king, ^ethe king of kings, to whom ^fthe God of heaven ^ghas given the kingdom, the power, and the might, and the glory, 38 and into whose hand he has given, wherever they dwell, the children of man, ^hthe beasts of the field, and the birds of the heavens, making you rule over them all—you are ⁱthe head of gold. 39 ^jAnother kingdom inferior to you shall arise after you, and yet a third kingdom ^kof bronze, ^lwhich shall rule over all the earth. 40 And ^mthere shall be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron, because iron ⁿbreaks to pieces and shatters all things. And like iron that crushes, it shall ^obreak and crush all these. 41 And as you saw ^pthe feet and toes, partly of potter’s clay and partly of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom, but some of the ^qfirmness of iron shall be in it, just as you saw iron mixed with the soft clay. 42 And as the toes of the feet were partly iron and partly clay, so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly brittle. 43 As you saw the iron mixed with soft clay, so they will mix with one another in marriage, ^{▼▼Aramaic by the seed of men} but they will not hold together, just as iron does not mix with clay. 44 And in the days of those kings ^sthe God of heaven will set up ^ta kingdom that shall never be destroyed, nor shall the kingdom be left to another people. ^uIt shall break in pieces all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, and ^vit shall stand forever, 45 just as ^wyou saw that ^xa stone was cut from a mountain by no human hand, and that ^yit broke in pieces the iron, the bronze, the clay, the silver, and the gold. A ^zgreat God has made known to the king what shall be after this. The dream is certain, and its interpretation sure.”

Daniel 3:2-7

2 Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent to gather ^aathe satraps, the prefects, and ^abthe governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. 3 Then ^acthe satraps, the prefects, and the governors, the counselors, the treasurers, the justices, the magistrates, and all the officials of the provinces gathered for the dedication of the image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up. And they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up. 4 And the herald ^adproclaimed aloud, “You are commanded, O ^aepeoples, nations, and languages, 5 that when you hear the ^afsound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, you ^agare to fall down and worship the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up. 6 And whoever does not fall down and worship shall immediately ^ahbe cast into a burning fiery furnace.” 7 Therefore, as soon as all the peoples heard the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, all ^aithe peoples, nations, and languages fell down and worshiped the golden image that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

Daniel 3:15

15 Now if you are ready when ^ajyou hear the sound of the horn, pipe, lyre, trigon, harp, bagpipe, and every kind of music, to fall down and worship the image that I have made, well and good. ^{▼▼Aramaic lacks well and good} But if you do not worship, ^alyou shall immediately be cast into a burning fiery furnace. And ^amwho is the god who will deliver you out of my hands?”

Daniel 3:19-22

19 Then Nebuchadnezzar was ^anfilled with fury, and the expression of his face ^aowas changed against ^apShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. He ordered the furnace heated seven times more than it was usually heated. 20 And he ordered some of the mighty men of his army ^aqto bind ^arShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace. 21 Then these men were ^asbound in their cloaks, their tunics, ^{▼▼The meaning of the Aramaic words rendered cloaks and tunics is uncertain; also verse 27} their hats, and their other garments, and they were thrown into the burning fiery furnace. 22 Because the king’s order was ^auurgent and the furnace overheated, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up ^avShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

Daniel 5:19

19 And because of the greatness that he gave him, ^awall peoples, nations, and languages ^axtrembled and feared before him. Whom he would, he killed, and whom he would, he kept alive; whom he would, he raised up, and whom he would, he humbled.