Then Arioch hurriedly brought Daniel before the king and said this to him: “I have found a man among the exiles of Judah who can explain to the king the interpretation [of the dream].”

Then the king arose at dawn, at the break of day, and hurried to the den of lions.

But rumors from the east and from the north will alarm and disturb him, and he will set out with great fury to destroy and to annihilate many.