Daniel 6:2-7

2and over them three commissioners (of whom 1Daniel was one), that these satraps might be accountable to them, and that the king might not suffer 2loss. 3Then this Daniel began distinguishing himself 3among the commissioners and satraps because 4he possessed an 5extraordinary spirit, and the king planned to appoint him over the 6entire kingdom. 4Then the commissioners and satraps began 7trying to find a ground of accusation against Daniel in regard to 8government affairs; but they could find 9no ground of accusation or evidence of corruption, inasmuch as he was faithful, and no negligence or corruption was to be found in him. 5Then these men said, “We will not find any ground of accusation against this Daniel unless we find it against him with regard to the 10law of his God.”

6Then these commissioners and satraps came 11by agreement to the king and spoke to him as follows: “King Darius, 12live forever! 7All the 13commissioners of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the high officials and the governors have 14consulted together that the king should establish a statute and enforce an injunction that anyone who makes a petition to any god or man besides you, O king, for thirty days, shall 15be cast into the lions’ 16den.