Daniel 6:18

Then the king went to his palace and he went through the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled 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

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.

19Then at daybreak the king got up and he quickly went to the lions' den.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 12:16David then implored God for the boy. David fasted and went inside and lay all night on the floor.

1 Kings 21:27When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his body and fasted, and lay in sackcloth and became very sad.

Job 21:12They sing to the tambourine and harp 1 and rejoice with the music of the flute. 1

Psalms 137:2On the poplars there 1 we hung our harps. 1

Isaiah 24:8The happy sound of the tambourines stops, and the revelry of those who rejoice; 1 the joy of the lyre ceases. 1

Daniel 2:1In the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, he had dreams. His mind was troubled, and he could not 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 →

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