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"For himself, thy servant has nothing to ask; but be it known to thee, O
king, that thou art as much indebted for the restoration of the vision to
my three companions as to thy servant, for in answer to our united
prayers the secret was made known. I pray thee, therefore, that while I
am thus honored, my companions may share in it."
"Wisely remarked. Thy three companions shall be promoted to posts of
honor and trust in the empire. Let them, under thee, preside over the
province of Babylon."
Thus Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, through the miraculous
interposition of that Jehovah they loved, and whose law they honored,
were elevated to be the chief personages in the Chaldean empire.
CHAPTER XVII.
YEARS passed by, and uninterrupted success attended the reign of the king
of Babylon. The aggrandizement of the city was without a parallel in
history. It appeared to have become the leading passion of the monarch's
mind. The reader may have a faint idea of the glory of the city when he
remembers that it was a regular square, forty-five miles in compass,
enclosed by a wall two hundred feet high, and fifty broad, in which there
were one hundred gates of brass.
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