24 The king then commanded, and these men were brought ⌊who had accused Daniel⌋,c and they threw them and their children and their wives into ⌊the lion pit⌋,d and they had not reached the floor of the pit ⌊before⌋e the lions had overpowered them and they had crushed all of their bones.

The King Praises the God of Daniel and Daniel Prospers

25 Then Darius the king wrote to all the people, the nations, and the languages living in the whole earth, “May your prosperity become great! 26 ⌊I make a decree⌋f that in all the dominion of my kingdom people will be trembling and fearing before the God of Daniel, for he is the living God and endures ⌊forever⌋g and hish kingdom is one that will not be destroyed and his ⌊dominion has no end⌋.i 27 He is rescuing, delivering, and working signs and wonders in the heavens and on earth, for he has rescued Daniel from the ⌊power⌋j of the lions.” 28 So this Daniel prospered during the kingdom of Darius and during the kingdom of Cyrus the Persian.