27:001:014 So he consented to them in this matter, and proved them ten
           days.

27:001:015 And at the end of ten days their countenances appeared fairer
           and fatter in flesh than all the children which did eat the
           portion of the king’s meat.

27:001:016 Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine
           that they should drink; and gave them pulse.

27:001:017 As for these four children, God gave them knowledge and skill
           in all learning and wisdom:  and Daniel had understanding in
           all visions and dreams.

27:001:018 Now at the end of the days that the king had said he should
           bring them in, then the prince of the eunuchs brought them in
           before Nebuchadnezzar.

27:001:019 And the king communed with them; and among them all was found
           none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:  therefore
           stood they before the king.

27:001:020 And in all matters of wisdom and understanding, that the king
           enquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the
           magicians and astrologers that were in all his realm.

27:001:021 And Daniel continued even unto the first year of king Cyrus.

27:002:001 And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar
           Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was
           troubled, and his sleep brake from him.

27:002:002 Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the
           astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew
           the king his dreams.  So they came and stood before the king.

27:002:003 And the king said unto them, I have dreamed a dream, and my
           spirit was troubled to know the dream.

27:002:004 Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live
           for ever:  tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the
           interpretation.

27:002:005 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone
           from me:  if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the
           interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your
           houses shall be made a dunghill.

27:002:006 But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye
           shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: 
           therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.

27:002:007 They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants
           the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.

27:002:008 The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would
           gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.