¹²Then they approached and spoke with the king^y concerning the edict of the king, “Did you not sign an edict^z that any person who would seek anything from any God or human within thirty days except from you, O king, would be thrown into the lion pit?”^a The king answered and said, “The matter as you have just stated is certain according to the law of the Medes and Persians which cannot be revoked.”

God’s Miraculous Deliverance of Daniel Again

¹³Then they responded^b and said before the king, “Daniel, who is from the exiles^c of Judah,^d is not paying any attention^e to you, O king, or to the decree that you have signed, and three times daily^f he says his prayer.” ¹⁴Then the king, when^g he heard that report,^h he was extremely distressed over it; and concerning Danielⁱ he was determined^j to rescue him. And until the setting of the sun he was making every effort to deliver him. ¹⁵Then these men came as a group to the king and said,^k “Recall, O king, that with respect to the law of^l the Medes and Persians that any^m decree or edict that the king establishes cannot be changed.”

¹⁶Then the king gave the command, and Daniel was brought in and they threw him into the lion pit.ⁿ The king said^o to Daniel, “Your God, whom you serve faithfully,^p may he rescue you!” ¹⁷And a^q stone was brought and it was put on the entrance of the pit, and the king sealed it with his signet ring and with the signet rings of his lords,^r so that nothing would be changed concerning Daniel.

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Daniel 6:16: Then the king commanded, and Daniel was brought and cast into the den of lions. The king declared to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!”

Footnotes

yLiterally “and saying before the king”
zLiterally “Not an edict you signed?”
aLiterally “pit of lions”
bLiterally “they answered”
cLiterally “the sons of the exile”
dAramaic “Jehud”
eLiterally “not he sets his mind”
fLiterally “and three times on the day”
gAramaic “as ”
hLiterally “word”
iLiterally “upon Daniel”
jLiterally “he set his heart”
kLiterally “saying”
lAramaic “to”
mLiterally “all/every”
nLiterally “pit of lions”
oLiterally “The king answered and saying”
pLiterally “in the loyalty”
qAramaic “one”
rOr “nobles”