Daniel 6:6

So the administrators and satraps went together to the king and said, “O King Darius, may you live forever!

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.

In Context

5Finally these men said, “We will never find any charge against this Daniel, unless we find something against him concerning the law of his God.”

7All the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce a decree that for thirty days anyone who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions.

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Cross References

Psalms 56:6They conspire, they lurk, they watch my steps while they wait to take my life.

Psalms 64:2Hide me from the scheming of the wicked, from the mob of workers of iniquity,

Daniel 3:9saying to King Nebuchadnezzar, “O king, may you live forever!

Daniel 6:11Then these men went as a group and found Daniel petitioning and imploring his God.

Matthew 27:23“Why?” asked Pilate. “What evil has He done?” But they shouted all the louder, “Crucify Him!”

Acts 22:22The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”

Matthew Henry on Daniel 6:2-6

Daniel Preferred by Darius. ( b. c. 537.) 1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; 2 And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage. 3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. 4 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion… Read the whole commentary →

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