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Daniel 6 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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Daniel Serves Darius

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It seemed good to Darius [who became king after Belshazzar] to appoint over the kingdom 120 [fn]satraps who would be in charge throughout the kingdom,

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:2 - and over them three chief commissioners (of whom Daniel was one), that these satraps might be accountable to them, so that the king would have no loss [from disloyalty or mismanagement].

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:3 - Then this Daniel, because of the extraordinary spirit within him, began distinguishing himself among the commissioners and the satraps, and the king planned to appoint him over the entire realm.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:4 - Then the [other two] commissioners and the satraps began trying to find a reason to bring a complaint against Daniel concerning the [administration of the] kingdom; but they could find no reason for an accusation or evidence of corruption, because he was faithful [a man of high moral character and personal integrity], and no negligence or corruption [of any kind] was found in him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:5 - Then these men said, “We will not find any basis for an accusation against this Daniel unless we find something against him in connection with the law of his God.”

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Then these commissioners and satraps agreed to approach the king and said to him, “King Darius, live forever!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:7 - “All the commissioners of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the counselors and the governors have consulted and agreed together that the king should establish a royal statute and enforce an injunction that anyone who petitions (prays to) any god or man besides you, O king, during the next thirty days, shall be thrown into the den of lions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:8 - “Now, O king, establish the injunction and sign the document so that it may not be changed, in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which [insures that it] may not be altered or revoked.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:9 - So King Darius signed the document, that is, the injunction.

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Now when Daniel knew that the document was signed, he went into his house (now in his roof chamber his windows were open toward Jerusalem); he continued to get down on his knees three times a day, praying and giving thanks before his God, as he had been doing previously.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:11 - Then, by agreement, these men came [together] and found Daniel praying and making requests before his God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:12 - Then they approached and spoke before the king regarding his injunction, “Have you not signed an injunction that anyone who petitions (prays to) any god or man except you, O king, within the designated thirty days, is to be thrown into the den of lions?” The king answered, “The statement is true, in accordance with the law of the Medes and Persians, which may not be altered or revoked.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:13 - Then they answered and said before the king, “Daniel, who is one of the exiles from Judah, does not pay any attention to you, O king, or to the injunction which you have signed, but keeps praying [to his God] three times a day.”

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Then, as soon as the king heard these words, he was deeply distressed [over what he had done] and set his mind on rescuing Daniel; and he struggled until the sun went down [trying to work out a way] to save him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:15 - Then, by agreement, these same men came to the king and said, “Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no injunction or statute which the king establishes may be altered or revoked.”

Daniel in the Den of Lions

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Then the king gave a command, and Daniel was brought and thrown into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you constantly serve, rescue you Himself!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:17 - A stone was brought and laid over the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet rings of his nobles, so that nothing would be changed concerning Daniel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:18 - Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night fasting; and no music or entertainment was brought before him, and he remained unable to sleep.

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Then the king arose at dawn, at the break of day, and hurried to the den of lions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:20 - When he had come near the den, he called out to Daniel with a troubled voice. The king said to Daniel, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you constantly serve, been able to rescue you from the lions?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:21 - Then Daniel spoke to the king, “O king, live forever!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:22 - “My God has sent His angel and has shut the mouths of the lions so that they have not hurt me, because I was found innocent before Him; and also before you, O king, I have committed no crime.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:23 - Then the king was greatly pleased and ordered that Daniel be taken out of the den. So Daniel was taken out of the den, and no injury whatever was found on him, because he believed in and relied on and trusted in his God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:24 - The king then gave a command, and those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and thrown into the den of lions, they, their children and their wives; and before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.

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Then Darius the king wrote to all the peoples, nations, and speakers of every language who were living in all the land: “May peace abound to you!

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 6:26 - “I issue a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men are to [reverently] fear and tremble before the God of Daniel,

For He is the living God, enduring and steadfast forever,

And His kingdom is one which will not be destroyed,

And His dominion will be forever.

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“He rescues and saves and performs signs and wonders

In heaven and on earth—

He who has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions.”

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So this [man] Daniel prospered and enjoyed success in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

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