²⁴ Thereupon, Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to kill the wise men of Babylon; he went and said this to him: “^(A)Do not kill the wise men of Babylon! Take me ^[a]into the king’s presence, and I will declare the interpretation to the king.”

²⁵ Then Arioch hurriedly ^(B)brought Daniel ^[b]into the king’s presence and spoke to him as follows: “I have found a man among the ^[c](C)exiles from Judah who can make the interpretation known to the king!” ²⁶ The king said to Daniel, whose name was ^(D)Belteshazzar, “Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen and its interpretation?”