^{12 Ref} Therefore the king hath been angry and very wroth, and hath said to destroy all the wise men of Babylon;

^{13 Ref} And the sentence hath gone forth, and the wise men are being slain, and they have sought Daniel and his companions to be slain.

^{14 Ref} Then Daniel hath replied `with' counsel and discretion to Arioch chief of the executioners of the king, who hath gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon.