Daniel 6
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Daniel 6:16-24

16Then the king gave orders, and Daniel was brought in and 1thrown into the lions’ den. The king said to Daniel, “23Your God whom you continually serve will Himself rescue you.” 17And a 4stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet rings of his nobles, so that nothing would be changed regarding Daniel. 18Then the king went to his palace and spent the night 5fasting, and no entertainment was brought before him; and his 6sleep fled from him.

19Then the king got up at dawn, at the break of day, and went in a hurry to the lions’ den. 20And when he had come near the den to Daniel, he cried out with a troubled voice. The king began speaking and said to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, has 7your God, whom you continually serve, been 8able to rescue you from the lions?” 21Then Daniel spoke 9to the king, “10O king, live forever! 22My God 11sent His angel and 12shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not harmed me, since 13I was found innocent before Him; and also 14toward you, O king, I have committed no crime.” 23Then the king was very glad and gave orders for Daniel to be lifted up out of the den. So Daniel was lifted up out of the den, and 15no injury whatever was found on him, because he had 16trusted in his God. 24The king then gave orders, and they brought those men who had 17maliciously accused Daniel, and they 18threw them, their 19children, and their wives into the lions’ den; and they had not reached the bottom of the den before the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

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Notes

  1. 1. Daniel 6:16 2 Sam 3:39; Jer 38:5; Dan 6:7 ↩
  2. 2. Daniel 6:16 Or May your God...Himself rescue you ↩
  3. 3. Daniel 6:16 Job 5:19; Ps 37:39, 40; Is 41:10; Dan 3:17, 28; 6:20; 2 Cor 1:10 ↩
  4. 4. Daniel 6:17 Lam 3:53; Matt 27:66 ↩
  5. 5. Daniel 6:18 2 Sam 12:16, 17 ↩
  6. 6. Daniel 6:18 Esth 6:1; Ps 77:4; Dan 2:1 ↩
  7. 7. Daniel 6:20 Dan 6:16, 27 ↩
  8. 8. Daniel 6:20 Gen 18:14; Num 11:23; Jer 32:17; Dan 3:17 ↩
  9. 9. Daniel 6:21 Lit with ↩
  10. 10. Daniel 6:21 Dan 2:4; 6:6 ↩
  11. 11. Daniel 6:22 Num 20:16; Is 63:9; Dan 3:28; Acts 12:11; Heb 1:14 ↩
  12. 12. Daniel 6:22 Ps 91:11-13; 2 Tim 4:17; Heb 11:33 ↩
  13. 13. Daniel 6:22 Lit innocence was found for me ↩
  14. 14. Daniel 6:22 Lit before ↩
  15. 15. Daniel 6:23 Dan 3:25, 27 ↩
  16. 16. Daniel 6:23 1 Chr 5:20; 2 Chr 20:20; Ps 118:8, 9; Is 26:3; Dan 3:17, 28 ↩
  17. 17. Daniel 6:24 Lit eaten the pieces of Daniel ↩
  18. 18. Daniel 6:24 Deut 19:18, 19; Esth 7:10 ↩
  19. 19. Daniel 6:24 Deut 24:16; 2 Kin 14:6; Esth 9:10 ↩

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