Daniel 6:20

\6:19\Then very early in the morning the king got up and went quickly to the lions' hole.

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In The King James Version

And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?

In Context

19\6:18\Then the king went to his great house, and took no food that night, and no ... were placed before him, and his sleep went from him.

21\6:20\And when he came near the hole where Daniel was, he gave a loud cry of grief; the king made answer and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whose servant you are at all times, able to keep you safe from the lions?

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Cross References

Genesis 18:14Is there any wonder which the Lord is not able to do? At the time I said, in the spring, I will come back to you, and Sarah will have a child.

Numbers 14:15Now if you put to death all this people as one man, then the nations who have had word of your glory will say,

Psalms 71:14But I will go on ever hoping, and increasing in all your praise.

Psalms 119:112My heart is ever ready to keep your rules, even to the end.

Proverbs 23:17Have no envy of sinners in your heart, but keep in the fear of the Lord all through the day;

Daniel 3:15Now if you are ready, on hearing the sound of the horn, pipe, harp, trigon, psaltery, bagpipe, and all sorts of instruments, to go down on your faces in worship before the image which I have made, it is well: but if you will not give worship, that same hour you will be put into a burning and flaming fire; and what god is there who will be able to take you out of my hands?

Matthew Henry on Daniel 6:19-25

Daniel's Preservation and Deliverance. ( b. c. 537.) 18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep went from him. 19 Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions. 20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from… Read the whole commentary →

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