Daniel 6:8-15

8Now, O king, 1establish the injunction and sign the document so that it will not be changed, according to the 2law of the Medes and Persians, which 3may not be revoked.” 9Thereupon, King Darius 4signed the document, that is, the injunction.

10Now when Daniel learned that the document was signed, he entered his house (and in his roof chamber he had windows open 5toward Jerusalem); and he continued 6kneeling on his knees three times a day, 7praying and 8offering praise before his God, just as he had been doing previously. 11Then these men came 910by agreement and found Daniel offering a prayer and imploring favor before his God. 12Then they approached and 11spoke before the king about the king’s injunction: “Did you not sign an injunction that any person who offers a prayer to any god or person besides you, O king, for thirty days, is to be thrown into the lions’ den?” The king replied, “The statement is true, according to the 12law of the Medes and Persians, which 13may not be revoked.” 13Then they responded and spoke before the king, “14Daniel, who is one of the 15exiles from Judah, pays 16no attention to you, O king, or to the injunction which you signed, but keeps offering his prayer three times a day.”

14Then, as soon as the king heard this statement, he was deeply 17distressed, and set his mind on rescuing Daniel; and until sunset he kept exerting himself to save him. 15Then these men came 18by agreement to the king and said to the king, “Recognize, O king, that it is a 19law of the Medes and Persians that no injunction or statute which the king establishes may be changed.”