So the decree went out that all the "wise" men, meaning astrologers and soothsayers, were to be slain: and with them, Daniel and his companions would perish!
Then Daniel with gentle wisdom, which God gave him, said to Arioch, the captain of the king's guard, who was sent out to kill the wise men: "Why is the king's decree so urgent?"
So Arioch explained to Daniel that the king wanted not only the explanation of his dream, but the dream itself! And that the magicians could not tell it.
But Daniel went in and asked the king to give him time, and he would show the king the interpretation.
Then he went to his house, and told Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, and asked them to pray to God to show them this secret, so that they and all the wise men in Babylon should not perish.
We must pause here for one moment to remember that God gives wonderful answers to "united prayer"! We see it over and over again throughout the Bible; and we see it over and over again in our own experience, when we trust Him!
So Daniel and his companions prayed, and the answer came.
Then was the secret revealed to Daniel in a vision in the night.
And what did Daniel do the first thing after he knew the secret?
He blessed the God of Heaven! He thanked Him for giving him wisdom to understand, and that He had made known what they had desired of Him.