Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.
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Gill's Exposition
Therefore made I a decree,.... Published a proclamation; signifying it was his mind and will
to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before him; all together, supposing that one or other of them, or…
Barnes' Notes
Therefore made I a decree - The word here rendered decree (טעם ṭe‛êm) means, commonly, “taste, flavor,” as of wine; then “judgment, discernment, reason;” and then a judgment of a king, a mandate,…
Nebuchadnezzar, before he relates the judgments of God that had been wrought upon him for his pride, gives an account of the fair warning he had of them before they came, a due regard to which might…
Cambridge Bible
The -wise men" of Babylon (Dan 2:12) were summoned before the king, as on the occasion of his previous dream (Dan 2:2).