He declared to Arioch, the king’s captain, “Why is the decree of the king so urgent?” Then Arioch made the matter known to Daniel.
Then Daniel replied with prudence and discretion to Arioch, the captain of the king’s guard, who had gone out to kill the wise men of Babylon.
And Daniel went in and requested the king to appoint him a time, that he might show the interpretation to the king.
Because the king’s order was urgent and the furnace overheated, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
Then after he had taken the morsel, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly.”