Daniel:6

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* It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps , that they might be over the kingdom . * And over them were three presidents (was one of them ), so that these satraps might give account to them , and the king should have no loss . * Then this was preferred above the presidents and satraps , because an excellent spirit was in him . And the king was planning to set him over all the kingdom . * Then the presidents and satraps sought to find occasion against concerning the kingdom . But they could find no occasion or fault because he was trustworthy . And no error or fault was found in him . * Then these men said , We shall not find any occasion against this unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God . * Then these presidents and satraps gathered together to the king and said this to him , King Darius , live forever . * All the presidents of the kingdom , the prefects , and the satraps , the officials and the governors , have planned together to establish a royal law , and to make a strong ban , that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days , except from you , O king , he shall be thrown into the den of lions . * Now , O king , establish the ban and sign the document , so that it may not be changed , according to the law of the Medes and Persians , which does not pass away . * All on account of this , king Darius signed the document and the ban . * And when he had learned that the document was signed , went to his house . And his windows were open in his roof room toward Jerusalem . He knelt on his knees three times in the day , and prayed and praised before his God , as he did before . * Then these men met together and found praying and seeking mercy before his God . * Then they came near and spoke before the king concerning the king 's ban , saying , Have you not signed a ban that every man who shall ask of any god or man within thirty days , except of you , O king , that he shall be thrown into the lions ' den ? The king answered and said , The thing is certain , according to the law of the Medes and Persians , which does not pass away . * Then they answered and said before the king , Daniel , who is of the exiled sons of Judah , has not set attention on you , O king , or the ban that you have signed , but he makes his prayer three times in the day . * Then the king , when he heard the word , was very displeased with himself , and he set his heart on Daniel , to deliver him . And he labored until the going of the sun to deliver him . * Then these men met before the king and said to the king , O king , know that the law of the Medes and Persians is that every ban or law which the king enacts may not be changed . * And the king commanded . And they brought Daniel , and they threw him into the lions ' den . The king spoke and said to Daniel , Your God whom you constantly serve will deliver you . * And a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den . And the king sealed it with his own signet , and with the signet of his nobles , that the affair may not change concerning Daniel . * Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting . and diversions were not brought before him ; and his sleep fled from him . * Then the king rose up in the dawn , in the daylight , and hurried to the lions ' den . * And when he came to the den , he cried with a grieved voice to Daniel . The king spoke and said to Daniel , O Daniel , servant of the living God , your God whom you always serve , is He able to deliver you from the lions ? * Then said to the king , O king , live forever . * My God has sent His Angel , and He has shut the mouths of the lions . And they have not hurt me , because in His sight purity was found in me . And also before you , O king , I have done no harm . * Then the king was exceedingly happy for him . And he commanded to bring up from the den . And was brought out of the den , and no harm was found on him , because he trusted in his God . * And the king commanded , and they brought those men who had accused Daniel . And they threw them into the lions ' den , them , their sons and their wives . And the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones before they reached to the bottom of the den . * Then king Darius wrote to all the peoples , the nations , and the languages who were living in all the earth : Peace be multiplied to you . * A decree was given from before me that in all the domain of my kingdom there shall be trembling and fear before the God of Daniel . For He is the living God and endures forever , and His kingdom is the one which shall not be destroyed . And His rule shall be to the end . * He delivers and rescues , and He works signs and wonders in the heavens and in the earth , He who has delivered from the power of the lions . * And this was made to prosper in the reign of Darius , and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian .

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