Daniel 6:11

Then these men who had formed the plot together saw Daniel make requests and seek help from God.

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In The King James Version

Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.

In Context

10When Daniel learned that the document had been signed into law, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his upper room toward Jerusalem), and he got down on his knees, as he did three times a day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he had done before.

12Then they approached the king and spoke with him about his decree: “Did you not make a decree that everyone who makes a petition to any god or human being during the next thirty days, except to you, king, must be throw into the den of lions?” The king answered, “The matter is settled, as directed by the law of the Medes and Persians; it cannot be repealed.”

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Cross References

Psalms 10:9He lurks in secret like a lion in the thicket; 1 he lies in wait to catch the oppressed. 1 He catches the oppressed when he pulls in his net. 1

Psalms 37:32The wicked person watches the righteous person 1 and seeks to kill him. 1

Jeremiah 51:50Survivors of the sword, go away! Do not stay still. 1 Call Yahweh to mind from far away; let Jerusalem come to mind. 1

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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