Dan 2:18 | NASB1995 | STEP | so that they might request compassion from the God of heaven concerning this mystery , so that Daniel and his friends would not be destroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon .

a Esth 4:15, 16; Is 37:4; Jer 33:3; Ezek 36:37; Dan 2:23

‏ Daniel 2:18

18 so that they might ^arequest compassion from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be ^bdestroyed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.