Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
We observe with what object and with what confidence Daniel demanded an extension of time. His object was to implore God’s grace. Confidence was also added, since he perceived a double punishment awaiting him, if he disappointed the king; if he had returned the next day without reply, the king would not have been content with an easy death, but would have raged with cruelty...
Daniel was condemned to death with all the magicians, though he had not even been summoned, the sword of tyranny devours one as well as another. Yet by prudence toward men and prayer toward God he found favour; in both he prevailed, and so was enabled to answer with counsel and wisdom.
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Commenting on Daniel 2:14-23
Then Daniel went to his house,.... Which Sanctius thinks was in the king's palace; very probably it might be near it, somewhere in the city of Babylon; for that it should be twenty miles from that city, as Benjamin of Tudela relates (o), is not likely; since Arioch's orders reached to none but the wise men of Babylon, and where he sought for and found...