Daniel went in and asked of the king that he would grant him time to reveal the solution to the king.
The indignation of a king is a herald of death. And the wise man will appease it.
And he asked him, who had received the orders of the king, for what reason such a cruel sentence had gone forth from the face of the king. And so, when Arioch had revealed the matter to Daniel,
And he went into his house and explained the task to Hananiah, and Mishael, and Azariah, his companions,