It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred twenty local governors, who should be throughout the whole kingdom; Exo 18:21-22Dan 5:31Est 1:11Pe 2:14 and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one, that these local governors might give account to them, and that the king should suffer no loss. Dan 2:48-49Dan 5:16Dan 5:29Est 7:4Ezr 4:221Co 4:21Sa 2:30Luk 16:2 Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the local governors, 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 the local governors sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion or fault, because he was faithful. There wasn’t 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 these men said, “We won’t find any occasion against this Daniel, unless 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 local governors assembled together to the king, and said this to him, “King Darius, live forever! 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 deputies and the local governors, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute and to make a strong decree, that whoever asks a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. 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 not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn’t alter.” Dan 6:15Est 1:19Dan 6:12Isa 10:1Est 3:12Est 8:10Est 8:3Est 8:8 Therefore King Darius signed the writing and the decree. Psa 118:9Psa 146:3Isa 2:22Pro 6:2Psa 62:9-10
When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before. Act 5:29Psa 55:171Th 5:17-18Psa 95:6Heb 13:15Php 4:6Psa 34:1Psa 5:7 Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God. Psa 37:32-33Psa 10:9Dan 6:6 Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king’s decree: “Haven’t you signed a decree that every man who makes a petition to any god or man within thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?” Dan 6:8Dan 3:8-12Est 1:19Act 16:19Act 16:24Act 24:2-9
The king answered, “This thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn’t alter.”
Then they answered and said before the king, “That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, doesn’t respect you, O king, nor the decree that you have signed, but makes 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 very displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he labored until the going down of the sun to rescue him. Mrk 6:262Sa 3:28-29Dan 3:13Jhn 19:7-12Luk 23:13-21Mat 27:17-24
Then these men assembled together to the king, and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no decree nor statute which the king establishes 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. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Your God whom you serve continually, he will deliver you.” Psa 37:39-40Job 5:19Psa 91:14-16Dan 3:28Isa 43:22Sa 3:39Psa 118:8-9Dan 3:17
A stone was brought, and laid on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that nothing might 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. No musical instruments were brought before him; and his sleep fled from him. 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 to the den of lions. 1Th 3:52Co 2:13Mat 28:1Mrk 16:2 When he came near to Daniel in the den, he cried with a troubled voice. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions?” 1Ch 16:11Dan 6:27Heb 7:252Ti 4:16-18Dan 6:161Th 5:17-18Dan 3:17Jas 1:25
Then Daniel said to the king, “O king, live forever! Dan 2:4Dan 6:6Neh 2:3 My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me, because innocence was found in me before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.” 2Ti 4:17Heb 11:33Act 12:11Psa 91:11-13Act 24:16Psa 84:111Jn 3:19-21Dan 3:28
Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God. 1Ch 5:20Dan 3:27-28Dan 3:25Mrk 9:23Dan 6:18Isa 26:3Pro 18:10Psa 37:40
The king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions—them, their children, and their wives; and the lions mauled them, and broke all their bones in pieces before they came to 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 to all the peoples, nations, and languages who dwell in all the earth: Dan 4:1Ezr 1:1-21Pe 1:2Est 3:12Est 8:9Ezr 4:172Pe 1:2Jud 1:2
“Peace be multiplied to you.
“I make a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel. Dan 4:34Luk 1:33Dan 4:3Dan 7:14Dan 2:44Dan 3:29Psa 2:11Psa 29:10
“For he is the living God,
and steadfast forever.
His kingdom is that which will not be destroyed.
His dominion will be even to the end.
He delivers and rescues. Dan 4:2-3Act 4:30Psa 18:50Psa 97:102Co 1:8-102Ti 4:17-18Dan 4:34Jer 32:19-20
He works signs and wonders in heaven and in earth,
who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.”
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