Daniel 2:16 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation. That he would give him time - That is, that he might seek unto God for a revelation of the thing. The Chaldeans dared not even to promise this; they would only pledge themselves for the interpretation, provided the king would furnish the dream. Daniel engages both to find the lost dream, and to give the proper interpretation.