Daniel 6:12–17

¹²Then they ^bcame near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask ^ca petition of any God or man within thirty days, ^dsave of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, ^eaccording to the law of the Medes and Persians, ^ewhich altereth not. ¹³Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, ^fwhich is ^gof the children of the captivity of Judah, ^hregardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day. ¹⁴Then the king, when he heard these words, ⁱwas 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. ¹⁵Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that ^ethe law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed. ¹⁶Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and ^kcast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God ^lwhom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee. ¹⁷And ^ma stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and ⁿthe king sealed it ^owith his own signet, and with the signet of his ^plords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.