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Book 27 Daniel Chapter 006

 

006:001It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and
twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;

 

006:002And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first:
that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king
should have no damage.

 

006:003Then 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.

 

006:004Then 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.

 

006:005Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against
this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law
of his God.

 

006:006Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the
king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.

 

006:007All 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.

 

006:008Now, 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.

 

006:009Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

 

006:010Now 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.

 

006:011Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making
supplication before his God.

 

006:012Then 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.

 

006:013Then 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.

 

006:014Then 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.

 

006:015Then 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.

 

006:016Then 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.

 

006:017And 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.

 

006:018Then 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.

 

006:019Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in
haste unto the den of lions.

 

006:020And 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?

 

006:021Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.

 

006:022My 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.

 

006:023Then was the king exceedingly glad for him, 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 believed in his God.

 

006:024And the king commanded, and they brought those men which 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 or ever
they came at the bottom of the den.

 

006:025Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and
languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied
unto you.

 

006:026I make a decree, That in every 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.

 

006:027He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders
in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the
power of the lions.

 

006:028So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the
reign of Cyrus the Persian.