Daniel 6:16

Then the king gave an order, and they brought in Daniel, and they threw him into the lions' den. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, rescue you.”

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In The King James Version

Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.

In Context

15Then these men who had formed the plot gathered together with the king and said to him, “Know, king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no decree or statute that the king issues can be changed.”

17A stone was brought over the entrance to the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet rings of his nobles so that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 3:39Now I am weak today, though I am an anointed king. These men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too brutal for me. May Yahweh repay the evildoer by punishing him for his wickedness, as he deserves.”

Psalms 37:39Salvation of the righteous comes from Yahweh; 1 he protects them in the times of trouble. 1

Psalms 118:8It is better to take shelter in Yahweh 1 than to put confidence in man. 1

Isaiah 43:2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. 1 When you walk through the fire you will not be burned, and the flames will not destroy you. 1

Jeremiah 38:5So King Zedekiah said, “Look, he is in your hand since there is no king able to resist you.”

Jeremiah 39:17But I will rescue you on that day—this is Yahweh's declaration—and you will not be given into the hand of the men whom you fear.

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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