Daniel 6:8-12

8Your Majesty, issue this decree, and sign it. According to the law of the Medes and Persians no one could change it or repeal it.”

9So Darius signed the written decree.

10When Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went to his house. An upper room in his house had windows that opened in the direction of Jerusalem. Three times each day he got down on his knees and prayed to his God. He had always praised God this way.

11One of those times the men came in as a group and found Daniel praying and pleading to his God.

12Then they went and spoke to the king about his decree. ⌞They asked,⌟ “Didn’t you sign a decree which stated that for 30 days whoever asks for anything from any god or person except you, Your Majesty, will be thrown into a lions’ den?” The king answered, “That’s true. According to the law of the Medes and Persians the decree can’t be repealed.”