Daniel 6:18

Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting, and suffered not the concubines to be brought to him; and his sleep went from 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 was brought and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords, that nothing concerning Daniel might be changed.

19Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste to the den of lions.

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Cross References

Job 21:12They sing to the timbrel and harp, And rejoice at the sound of the pipe.

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

Isaiah 24:8The mirth of tabrets ceaseth; The noise of them that rejoice is at an end; The joy of the harp ceaseth.

Daniel 2:1And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, on account of which his spirit was troubled, and his sleep went from 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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