Daniel 6:9-15

9Thereupon, King Darius 1signed 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 2toward Jerusalem); and he continued 3kneeling on his knees three times a day, 4praying and 5offering praise before his God, just as he had been doing previously. 11Then these men came 67by agreement and found Daniel offering a prayer and imploring favor before his God. 12Then they approached and 8spoke 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 9law of the Medes and Persians, which 10may not be revoked.” 13Then they responded and spoke before the king, “11Daniel, who is one of the 12exiles from Judah, pays 13no 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 14distressed, and set his mind on rescuing Daniel; and until sunset he kept exerting himself to save him. 15Then these men came 15by agreement to the king and said to the king, “Recognize, O king, that it is a 16law of the Medes and Persians that no injunction or statute which the king establishes may be changed.”