It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; Exo 18:21-22Dan 5:31Est 1:11Pe 2:14 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. Dan 2:48-49Dan 5:16Dan 5:29Est 7:4Ezr 4:221Co 4:21Sa 2:30Luk 16:2 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. Dan 5:14Gen 41:38-41Pro 22:29Dan 5:12Est 10:3Dan 9:23Pro 17:27Pro 3:3-4
¶ 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. 1Pe 3:16Php 2:151Pe 2:12Luk 20:20Luk 23:14-15Tit 2:8Mat 27:18Psa 37:32-33 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. Act 24:13-161Sa 24:17Act 24:20-21Est 3:8Jhn 19:6-7
Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. 1 Dan 2:4Dan 6:21Neh 2:3Dan 5:10Act 22:22-23Act 24:2Dan 3:9Dan 6:11 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. 2 Psa 59:3Dan 3:2Dan 3:27Dan 3:6Psa 62:4Psa 83:1-3Act 4:26-28Jhn 12:10 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. 3 Dan 6:15Est 1:19Dan 6:12Isa 10:1Est 3:12Est 8:10Est 8:3Est 8:8 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. Psa 118:9Psa 146:3Isa 2:22Pro 6:2Psa 62:9-10
¶ 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. Act 5:29Psa 55:171Th 5:17-18Psa 95:6Heb 13:15Php 4:6Psa 34:1Psa 5:7
Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. Psa 37:32-33Psa 10:9Dan 6:6 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. Dan 6:8Dan 3:8-12Est 1:19Act 16:19Act 16:24Act 24:2-9 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. Dan 3:12Act 5:29Dan 2:25Dan 5:13Est 3:8Dan 1:6Act 17:7 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. Mrk 6:262Sa 3:28-29Dan 3:13Jhn 19:7-12Luk 23:13-21Mat 27:17-24 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. Dan 6:12Dan 6:8Est 8:8Psa 94:20-21 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. Psa 37:39-40Job 5:19Psa 91:14-16Dan 3:28Isa 43:22Sa 3:39Psa 118:8-9Dan 3:17 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. Lam 3:53Act 12:4Act 16:23-24Mat 27:60-66
¶ 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. 4 Dan 2:1Est 6:12Sa 12:16-17Psa 77:41Ki 21:272Sa 19:24Amo 6:4-6Ecc 2:8 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions. 1Th 3:52Co 2:13Mat 28:1Mrk 16:2 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? 1Ch 16:11Dan 6:27Heb 7:252Ti 4:16-18Dan 6:161Th 5:17-18Dan 3:17Jas 1:25 Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. Dan 2:4Dan 6:6Neh 2:3 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. 2Ti 4:17Heb 11:33Act 12:11Psa 91:11-13Act 24:16Psa 84:111Jn 3:19-21Dan 3:28 Then was the king exceeding 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. 1Ch 5:20Dan 3:27-28Dan 3:25Mrk 9:23Dan 6:18Isa 26:3Pro 18:10Psa 37:40
¶ And 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. Isa 38:13Est 7:102Ki 14:6Deu 19:18-20Deu 24:16Est 9:25Jos 7:24-25Psa 54:5
¶ Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. Dan 4:1Ezr 1:1-21Pe 1:2Est 3:12Est 8:9Ezr 4:172Pe 1:2Jud 1:2 I 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. Dan 4:34Luk 1:33Dan 4:3Dan 7:14Dan 2:44Dan 3:29Psa 2:11Psa 29:10 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions. 5 Dan 4:2-3Act 4:30Psa 18:50Psa 97:102Co 1:8-102Ti 4:17-18Dan 4:34Jer 32:19-20 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. Dan 1:212Ch 36:22Isa 44:28Dan 10:1