Daniel 6:18

Then the king has gone to his palace, and he has passed the night fasting, and dahavan have not been brought up before him, and his sleep has fled [from] off him.

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In The King James Version

Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.

In Context

17And a stone has been brought and placed at the mouth of the den, and the king has sealed it with his signet, and with the signet of his great men, that the purpose is not changed concerning Daniel.

19Then the king rises in the early morning, at the light, and he has gone in haste to the den of lions;

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Cross References

2 Samuel 12:16and David seeks God for the youth, and David keeps a fast, and has gone in and lodged, and lain on the earth.

1 Kings 21:27And it comes to pass, at Ahab’s hearing these words, that he tears his garments, and puts sackcloth on his flesh, and fasts, and lies in sackcloth, and goes gently.

Job 21:12They lift [themselves] up at timbrel and harp, || And rejoice at the sound of a pipe.

Psalms 137:2We hung our harps on willows in its midst.

Isaiah 24:8The joy of tambourines has ceased, || The noise of exulting ones has ceased, || The joy of a harp has ceased.

Daniel 2:1And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar has dreamed dreams, and his spirit moves itself, and his sleep has been against him;

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 →

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