Greatly troubled by the dream, which was evidently a prediction of adversity, the king repeated it to "the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers;" but although the dream was very explicit, none of the wise men could interpret it.

Kongen var dybt besværet over drømmen, som øjensynlig var en forudsigelse af en eller anden form for modgang. Han gentog den derfor i nærværelse af "drømmetyderne, manerne, kaldæerne og stjernetyderne" men skønt drømmen var ganske enkel, kunne ingen af de vise mænd tyde den.