Daniel 6:11-17

11ThenH116 theseH479 menH1400 cameH7284 12byH7284 agreementH7284 and foundH7912 DanielH1841 offeringH1156 aH1156 prayerH1156 and imploringH2604 favor beforeH6925 his GodH426. 12ThenH116 they approachedH7127 and 3spokeH560 beforeH6925 the kingH4430 aboutH5922 the king’sH4430 injunctionH633: “Did you not signH7560 an injunctionH633 that anyH3606 personH606 whoH1768 offersH1156 aH1156 prayerH1156 to anyH3606 godH426 or personH606 besidesH3861H4481 you, O kingH4430, for thirtyH8533 daysH3118, is to be thrownH7412 into the lions’H744 denH1358?” The kingH4430 repliedH6032, “The statementH4406 is trueH3330, according to the 4lawH1882 of the MedesH4076 and PersiansH6540, whichH1768 5may not be revokedH5709.” 13ThenH116 they respondedH6032 and spokeH560 beforeH6925 the kingH4430, “6DanielH1841, whoH1768 is one of the 7exilesH1123H1547 from JudahH3061, paysH7761 8noH3809 attentionH2942 to you, O kingH4430, or to the injunctionH633 whichH1768 you signedH7560, but keeps offeringH1156 his prayerH1159 threeH8532 timesH2166 a dayH3118.”

14ThenH116, as soonH1768 as the kingH4430 heardH8086 this statementH4406, he was deeplyH7690 9distressedH888, and setH7761 his mindH1079 on rescuingH7804 DanielH1841; and untilH5705 sunsetH4606H8122 he kept exertingH7712 himself to saveH5338 him. 15ThenH116 theseH479 menH1400 cameH7284 10byH7284 agreementH7284 to the kingH4430 and saidH560 to the kingH4430, “RecognizeH3046, O kingH4430, that it is a 11lawH1882 of the MedesH4076 and PersiansH6540 that noH3606H3809 injunctionH633 or statuteH7010 whichH1768 the kingH4430 establishesH6966 may be changedH8133.”

16ThenH116 the kingH4430 gaveH560 ordersH560, and DanielH1841 was broughtH858 in and 12thrownH7412 into the lions’H744 denH1358. The kingH4430 saidH560 to DanielH1841, “1314Your GodH426 whomH1768 you continuallyH8411 serveH6399 will HimselfH1932 rescueH7804 you.” 17And a 15stoneH69 was broughtH858 and placedH7761 overH5922 the mouthH6433 of the denH1358; and the kingH4430 sealedH2857 it with his own signetH5824 ringH5824 and with the signetH5824 ringsH5824 of his noblesH7261, soH1768 thatH1768 nothingH3809H6640 would be changedH8133 regarding DanielH1841.