Daniel 2:15 ASV

¹³  So the decree went forth, and the wise men were to be slain; and they sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

¹⁴  Then Daniel returned answer with counsel and prudence to Arioch the captain of the king's guard, who was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon;

¹⁵  he answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Wherefore is the decree so urgent from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.

¹⁶  And Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint him a time, and he would show the king the interpretation.

¹⁷  Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions: