Daniel 2:2
Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to shew the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king.
Cross-reference
Daniel 4:6 has Nebuchadnezzar again summoning wise men for dream interpretation, repeating this pattern.
Daniel 4:7 repeats the summoning of these wise men for a later dream, but they fail — showing the pattern of their inadequacy.
Daniel 1:20 establishes Daniel's superior wisdom over these magicians, who are summoned but will fail.
Daniel 5:7 shows Belshazzar summoning enchanters and Chaldeans for the writing, mirroring this summoning.
Genesis 41:8 parallels this: Pharaoh calls magicians for dream interpretation, and they fail.
Isaiah 47:9 condemns Babylon's sorceries — the same practitioners summoned here are part of the system that leads to judgment.
Deuteronomy 18:10-12 forbids the sorcery and divination practices the king relies on, contrasting pagan and divine ways.
Isaiah 47:13 mocks these same Babylonian astrologers as powerless — contrasting with the king's reliance on them here.
Isaiah 8:19 condemns consulting mediums and necromancers, contrasting with this pagan reliance on such practitioners.
1 Samuel 6:2 shows Philistines summoning priests and diviners for guidance — a parallel to the king's consultation of wise men.
Esther 1:13 shows a Persian king consulting wise men about law — a parallel to the Babylonian king's consultation of diviners.
Isaiah 19:3 describes Egypt turning to sorcerers and mediums, paralleling the Babylonian king's consultation of similar practitioners.