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Chapter Six It pleased Darius to set over
the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes,

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which should be over the whole kingdom,
and over these three presidents,

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of whom Daniel was first, that the princes
might give accounts unto them,

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and the king should have no damage.

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Then this Daniel was preferred above the
presidents and princes, because an

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excellent spirit was in him, and the king
thought to set him over the whole realm.

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Then the presidents and princes sought to
find occasion against Daniel concerning

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the kingdom, but they could find none
occasion nor fault.

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Forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was
there any error or fault found in him.

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Then said these men, We shall not find any
occasion against this Daniel, except we

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find it against him concerning the law of
his God.

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Then these presidents and princes
assembled together to the king,

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and said thus unto him, King Darius live
for ever.

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All the presidents of the kingdom,
the governors, and the princes,

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the counselors, and the captains,
have consulted together to establish a

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royal statue, and to make a firm decree,
that whosoever shall ask a petition of any

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god or man for thirty days, save of thee,
O king, he shall be cast into the den of

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lions.

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Now, O king, establish the decree,
and sign the writing, that it be not

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changed according to the law of the Medes
and Persians, which altereth not.

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Wherefore King Darius signed the writing
and the decree.

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Now when Daniel knew that the writing was
signed, he went into his house,

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and his windows being open in his chamber
toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his

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knees three times a day, and prayed,
and gave thanks before his God,

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as he did aforetime.

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

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God.

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Then they came near, and spake before the
king concerning the king's decree.

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Hast thou not signed a decree,
that every man that shall ask a petition

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of any god or man within thirty days,
save of thee, O king, shall be cast into

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the den of lions?

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The king answered and said, The thing is
true according to the law of the Medes and

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Persians, which altereth not.

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Then answered they, and said before the
king, That Daniel, which is of the

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children of the captivity of Judah,
regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree

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that thou hast signed, but maketh his
petition three times a day.

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Then the king, when he heard these words,
was sore displeased with himself,

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and set his heart on Daniel to deliver
him, and he labored till the going down of

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the sun to deliver him.

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Then these men assembled unto the king,
and said unto the king, Know, O king,

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that the law of the Medes and Persians is,
that no decree nor statute which the king

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establisheth may be changed.

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Then the king commanded, and they brought
Daniel, and cast him into the den of

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lions.

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Now the king spake, and said unto Daniel,
Thy God, whom thou servest continually,

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he will deliver thee.

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And a stone was brought, and laid upon the
mouth of the den, and the king sealed it

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with his own signet, and with the signet
of his lord's, that the purpose might not

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be changed concerning Daniel.

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Then the king went to his palace,
and passed the night fasting.

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Neither were instruments of music brought
before him, and his sleep went from him.

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Then the king arose very early in the
morning, and went in haste unto the den of

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lions.

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And when he came to the den, he cried with
a lamentable voice unto Daniel.

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And the king spake, and said to Daniel,
O Daniel, servant of the living God,

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is thy God, whom thou servest continually,
able to deliver thee from the lions?

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Then said Daniel unto the king,
O king, live forever!

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My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut
the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt

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me.

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For as much as before him innocency was
found in me, and also before thee,

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O king, have I done no hurt.

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Then was the king exceeding glad for him,
and commanded that they should take Daniel

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up out of the den.

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So Daniel was taken up out of the den,
and no manner of hurt was found upon him,

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because he believed in his God.

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And the king commanded, And they brought
those men which had accused Daniel,

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and they cast them into the den of lions,
them, their children, and their wives.

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And the lions had the mastery of them,
and break all their bones and pieces,

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wherever they came, at the bottom of the
den.

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Then King Darius wrote unto all people,
nations, and languages, that dwell in all

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the earth, peace be multiplied unto you.

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I make a decree, that in every dominion of
my kingdom men tremble and fear before the

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God of Daniel.

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For he is the living God, and steadfast
for ever, and his kingdom that which shall

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not be destroyed, and his dominion shall
be even unto the end.

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He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh
signs and wonders in heaven and in earth,

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who hath delivered Daniel from the power
of the lions.

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So this Daniel prospered in the reign of
Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.