Daniel 6:9

And so king Darius set forth the decree and established it.

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In The King James Version

Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

In Context

8Now, therefore, O king, confirm this judgment and write the decree, so that what is established by the Medes and Persians may not be altered, nor will any man be allowed to transgress it.”

10Now when Daniel learned of this, namely, that the law had been established, he entered his house, and, opening the windows in his upper room towards Jerusalem, he knelt down three times a day, and he adored and gave thanks before his God, as he had been accustomed to do previously.

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Cross References

Psalms 62:9My soul has clung close to you. Your right hand has supported me.

Psalms 146:3He heals the contrite of heart, and he binds up their sorrows.

Isaiah 2:22Therefore, rest away from man, whose breath is in his nostrils, for he considers himself to be exalted.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 6:7-11

A Plot against Daniel. ( b. c. 537.) 6 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever. 7 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 decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. 8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and… Read the whole commentary →

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