A MAN LIONS COULD NOT EAT
Daniel 6:1-22
1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty
princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; 2 And over these
three presidents; of whom Daniel [was] first: that the princes
might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.
3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and
princes, because an excellent spirit [was] in him; and the king
thought to set him over the whole realm. 4 Then the presidents
and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the
kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as
he [was] faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in
him. 5 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. 6 Then these presidents and princes assembled
together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live
for ever. 7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and
the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted
together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree,
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. 8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing,
that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and
Persians, which altereth not. 9 Wherefore king Darius signed the
writing and the decree. 10 Now when Daniel knew that the writing
was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in
his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three
times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did
aforetime. 11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying
and making supplication before his God. 12 Then they came near,
and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou
not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask [a petition] of
any God or man within thirty days, save of 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
altereth not. 13 Then answered they and said before the king,
That Daniel, which [is] of the children of the captivity of Judah,
regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed,
but maketh his petition three times a day. 14 Then the king, when
he heard [these] words, was sore displeased with himself, and set
[his] heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the
going down of the sun to deliver him. 15 Then these men assembled
unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law
of the Medes and Persians [is], That no decree nor statute which
the king establisheth may be changed. 16 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. 17 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; that the
purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel. 18 Then the king
went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were
instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from
him. 19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went
in haste unto the den of lions. 20 And when he came to the den,
he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: [and] 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? 21 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths,
that 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.
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