For everything there is an appointed time, and an appropriate time for every activity on earth:

So Daniel went in and requested the king to grant him time, that he might disclose the interpretation to the king.

As for the rest of the beasts, their ruling authority had already been removed, though they were permitted to go on living for a time and a season.

Then the king, with his consort sitting beside him, replied, “How long would your trip take, and when would you return?” Since the king was amenable to dispatching me, I gave him a time.