Daniel:6

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* It pleased qodam # sh @ Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes , which should be over the whole kingdom ; * And over these three presidents ; of whom Daniel was first : that the princes might give y @ accounts unto them , and the king should have no damage n @. * Then this Daniel was preferred n @ above the presidents and princes , because kol # an excellent spirit was in him ; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm . * Then the presidents and princes sought to find sh @ occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom ; but they could y @ find sh @ none occasion nor fault sh @; forasmuch as he was faithful , neither was there any error or fault sh @ found sh @ in him . * Then said these men , We shall not find sh @ any occasion against this Daniel Daniye #l #, except we find sh @ it against him concerning the law of his God . * Then these presidents and princes assembled together r @ to the king , and said thus unto him , King Darius , live for ever . * All the presidents of the kingdom , the governors , and the princes , the counsellors , and the captains , have consulted together to establish a royal statute , and to make a firm t @ decree , that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days , save of thee , O king , he shall be cast r @ into the den of lions . * Now k @#an #, O king , establish the decree , and sign r @ the writing , that it be not changed sh @, according to the law of the Medes and Persians , which altereth not . * Wherefore kol # den # king Darius signed r @ the writing and the decree . * Now when Daniel knew y @ that the writing was signed r @, he went into his house ; and his windows being open p @ in his chamber toward Jerusalem Y @ruwshalem (Chald )#, he kneeled b @ upon his knees three times a day , and prayed ts @, and gave thanks y @ before his God , as q @bel # he did aforetime min # den #. * Then these men assembled r @, and found sh @ Daniel praying and making supplication before his God . * Then they came near q @, and spake before the king concerning the kings decree ; Hast thou not signed r @ a decree , that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days , save of thee , O king , shall be cast r @ into the den of lions ? The king answered and said , The thing is true , according to the law of the Medes and Persians , which altereth not . * Then answered they and said before the king , That Daniel Daniye #l #, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah , regardeth not thee , O king , nor the decree that thou hast signed r @, but maketh his petition three times a day . * Then the king , when he heard sh @ these words , was sore displeased with himself , and set his heart on Daniel to deliver sh @ him : and he laboured sh @ till the going down of the sun to deliver n @ him . * Then these men assembled r @ unto the king , and said unto the king , Know y @, O king , that the law of the Medes and Persians is , That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed sh @. * Then the king commanded , and they brought Daniel Daniye #l #, and cast r @ him into the den of lions . Now the king spake and said unto Daniel Daniye #l #, Thy God whom thou servest p @ continually , he will deliver sh @ thee . * And a stone was brought , and laid upon the mouth of the den ; and the king sealed it with his own signet , and with the signet of his lords ; that the purpose might not be changed sh @ concerning Daniel Daniye #l #. * Then the king went to his palace , and passed the night fasting : neither were instruments of musick brought before him : and his sleep went n @ from him . * Then the king arose very early in the morning , and went in haste b @ unto the den of lions . * And when he came q @ to the den , he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel Daniye #l #: and the king spake and said to Daniel Daniye #l #, O Daniel Daniye #l #, servant of the living God , is thy God , whom thou servest p @ continually , able y @ to deliver sh @ thee from the lions ? * Then said m @ Daniel unto the king , O king , live for ever . * My God hath sent sh @ his angel mal #ak #, and hath shut c @ the lions mouths , that they have not hurt me : forasmuch as kol # before him innocency was found sh @ in me ; and also before thee , O king , have I done no hurt . * Then was the king exceeding glad for him , and commanded that they should take # Daniel up n @ out of the den . So Daniel was taken up n @ out of the den , and no manner of hurt was found sh @ upon him , because he believed in his God . * And the king commanded , and they brought those men which had accused # Daniel Daniye #l #, and they cast r @ them into the den of lions , them , their children , and their wives ; and the lions had the mastery #H7981 sh @ of them , and brake # all their bones in pieces d @ or ever they came m @ at the bottom #ar #iyth # of the den . * Then king Darius wrote k @ unto all people , nations , and languages , that dwell in all the earth ; Peace be multiplied s @ unto you . * I min # make a decree t @#em #, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear d @ before min # the God of Daniel Daniye #l #: for he is the living God , and stedfast for ever , and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed , and his dominion shall be even unto the end . * He delivereth sh @ and rescueth n @, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth , who hath delivered sh @ Daniel from the power of the lions . * So this Daniel prospered ts @ in the reign of Darius , and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian .

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