He answered and said to Arioch the king's captain, Why is the decree so hasty from the king? Then Arioch made the thing known to Daniel.
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Gill's Exposition
And he answered and said to Arioch the king's captain,.... Or governor (m); over the persons before mentioned; either the king's guard or militia, or cooks or executioners: before, the manner in which…
Barnes' Notes
He answered and said to Arioch the king’s captain - The word “captain” - a different word from what occurs in Dan 2:14, שׁליטא shallı̂yṭa' - denotes one who has rule or dominion; one who is powerful…
When the king sent for his wise men to tell them his dream, and the interpretation of it (Dan 2:2), Daniel, it seems, was not summoned to appear among them; the king, though he was highly pleased with…
Cambridge Bible
so hasty harsh (Bevan). R.V. urgent, as A.V. itself has in Dan 3:22. This is not, however, strong enough: in Syriac and the Targums the word and its cognates express the idea of bold, shameless,…