"Dissatisfied with their evasive answer, and suspicious because, despite their pretentious claims to reveal the secrets of men, they nevertheless seemed unwilling to grant him help, the king commanded his wise men, with promises of wealth and honor on the one hand, and threats of death on the other, to tell him not only the interpretation of the dream, but the dream itself. “The thing is gone from me,” he said; “if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill. But if ye show the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor.” PK 492.1"
"The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill."
EGW directly quotes Daniel 2:5, including the threat of being 'cut in pieces' and having their 'houses made a dunghill' if they fail to reveal the dream and its interpretation. This is a clear and direct allusion.
"Still the wise men returned the answer, “Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation of it.” PK 492.2"
"The Chaldeans answered before the king, and said, There is not a man upon the earth that can shew the king’s matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean."
EGW is alluding to the account in Daniel 2 where the wise men are asked to interpret the king's dream. While not a direct quote of verse 10, it accurately reflects the interaction and the wise men's response, making it an explicit allusion.
"Nebuchadnezzar, now thoroughly aroused and angered by the apparent perfidy of those in whom he had trusted, declared: “I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me. But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can show me the interpretation thereof.” PK 492.3"
"The king answered and said, I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me."
EGW directly quotes Daniel 2:8, including the king's statement 'I know of certainty that ye would gain the time, because ye see the thing is gone from me.' This is a clear and direct allusion.
"Filled with fear for the consequences of their failure, the magicians endeavored to show the king that his request was unreasonable and his test beyond that which had ever been required of any man. “There is not a man upon the earth,” they remonstrated, “that can show the king's matter: therefore there is no king, lord, nor ruler, that asked such things at any magician, or astrologer, or Chaldean. And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh.” PK 492.4"
"And it is a rare thing that the king requireth, and there is none other that can shew it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh."
EGW directly quotes Daniel 2:11.