2:12For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.

2:13And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.

5:19And for the majesty that he gave him, all people, nations, and languages, trembled and feared before him: whom he would he slew; and whom he would he kept alive; and whom he would he set up; and whom he would he put down.