Daniel 6:18
Then the king went back to his palace. He ate nothing at all that night and refused any kind of entertainment. He couldn't sleep a wink.
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19At dawn, as soon as it was light, the king got up and rushed to the lions' den.
Cross References
2 Samuel 12:16David pleaded with God on behalf of the boy. He fasted, went to his bedroom, and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground.
1 Kings 21:27As soon as Ahab heard this message, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He even went to bed in sackcloth, and walked around repentantly.
Job 21:12They sing accompanied by the tambourine and lyre; they celebrate with the music of the flute.
Psalms 137:2We hung up our harps on the willow trees.
Isaiah 24:8The happy sound of tambourines is over; the noise of the party-goers has stopped; the delightful harp music has finished.
Daniel 2:1In the second year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign the king had dreams that upset him so much that he found it difficult to sleep.
Matthew Henry on Daniel 6:12-18
Daniel in the Den of Lions. ( b. c. 537.) 11 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. 12 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed 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 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. 13 Then answered… Read the whole commentary →