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$Title{Old Testament, The
Chapter 6}
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$Author{Various}
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$Subject{king
daniel
unto
god
den
lions
interdict
footnote
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satraps}
$Date{1885}
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Title: Old Testament, The
Book: Daniel
Author: Various
Date: 1885
Chapter 6
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps,
who should be throughout the whole kingdom; and over them three presidents, of
whom Daniel was one; that these satraps might give account unto them, and that
the king should have no damage. Then this Daniel was distinguished above the
presidents and the satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the
king thought to set him over the whole realm.
Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against
Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault,
forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in
him. Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel,
except we find it against him concerning the law of his God. Then these
presidents and satraps ^1 assembled together to the king, and said thus unto
him, King Darius, live for ever. All the presidents of the kingdom, the
deputies and the satraps, the counsellors and the governors, have consulted
together ^2 to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong interdict, that
whosoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of
thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. Now, O king, establish
the interdict, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the
law of the Medes and Persians, which ^3 altereth not. Wherefore king Darius
signed the writing and the interdict.
[Footnote 1: Or, came tumultuously (and so in ver. 11, 15)]
[Footnote 2: Or, that the king should establish a statute, and make &c.]
[Footnote 3: Aram. passeth not away.]
And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house
(now his windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem); and he kneeled
upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God,
as he did aforetime. Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel
making petition and supplication before his God. Then they came near, and
spake before the king concerning the king's interdict: Hast thou not signed an
interdict, that every man that shall make petition unto any god or man within
thirty days, save unto thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The
king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes
and Persians, which ^3 altereth not. Then answered they and said before the
king, That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth
not thee, O king, nor the interdict that thou hast signed, but maketh his
petition three times a day. Then the king, when he heard these words, was
sore displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he labored
till the going down of the sun to rescue him. Then these men assembled
together unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that it is a law
of the Medes and Persians, that no interdict nor statute which the king
establisheth may be changed.
[Footnote 3: Aram. passeth not away.]
Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the
den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou
servest continually, he will deliver thee. And a stone was brought, and laid
upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and
with the signet of his lords; ^4 that nothing might be changed concerning
Daniel. Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting;
neither were ^5 instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep fled
from him.
[Footnote 4: Or, that there might be no change of purpose]
[Footnote 5: Or, dancing girls]
Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the
den of lions. And when he came near unto the den to Daniel, he cried with a
lamentable voice; the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the
living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee
from the lions? Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. My God
hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt
me; forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O
king, have I done no hurt. Then was the king exceeding glad, and commanded
that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of
the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he had trusted in
his God.
And the king commanded, and they brought those men that had accused
Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and
their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones
in pieces, before they came to the bottom of the den.
Then king Darius wrote unto all the peoples, nations, and languages, that
dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied unto you. I make a decree, that
in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of
Daniel; for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that
which shall not be destroyed; and his dominion shall be even unto the end. He
delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in
earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.
So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of
Cyrus the Persian.