Daniel 2:2

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Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, to show the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

The Chaldeans. That is, the astrologers, that pretended to divine by stars. (Challoner) They dwelt on the banks of the Euphrates, and were highly esteemed. (Diod. Sic. i.) They were the most ancient philosophers. (Civ. Div. i.)

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Jerome

AD 420

the diviners and the wise men, and the magicians, and the Chaldeans: Well then, it seems to me that diviners are people who perform a thing by means of words; wise men are those who pursue individual lines of philosophic enquiry; magicians are those who employ blood and animal sacrifices and often have contact with corpses. Furthermore the term "astrologers" or nativity-casters, among the Chaldeans signifies, I believe, what the common people call mathematicians.

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Jerome

AD 420

Those whom we have translated as "soothsayers" (harioli) others have rendered as epaoidoi, that is, "enchanters." Well then, it seems to me that enchanters are people who perform a thing by means of words; magi are those who pursue individual lines (D) of philosophic enquiry; charmers are those who employ blood and animal sacrifices and often have contact with corpses. Furthermore the term "astrologers" [or nativity-casters, genethlialogoi] among the Chaldeans signifies, |25 I believe, what the common people call mathematicians. But common usage and ordinary conversation understands the term magi as wicked enchanters (E). Yet they were regarded differently among their own nation, inasmuch as they were the philosophers of the Chaldeans, and even the kings and princes of this same nation do all they can to acquire a knowledge of this science. Wherefore (p. 499) also it was they who first at the nativity of our Lord and Savior learned of his birth, and who came to holy Bethlehem and adore... Read More

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