Daniel cast into the lions' den.

Before CHRIST

eir. 537

1 Kings 8. 44, 48. Ps. 5. 7. Jonah 2.

4.

g Ps. 55- 17.

Acts 2. 1, 2,

15. & 3. 1. & 10. 9.

h ch. 3. 8.

i ver. 8.

k ch. 1.6.&

5-13

1 ch. 3. 12.

6. 26.

10 ¶ Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

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 they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, 1 regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.

14 Then the king, when he heard these m So Mark words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.

a vér. 8.

. Lam. 3. 53. p So Matt. 27.66.

15 Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that "the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.

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

17° And a stone was brought, and laid the mouth of the den; Pand the upon king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.

18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were Or, table. instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.

q ch. 2. 1.

21 Then said Daniel unto the king, 'O king, live for ever.

22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath "shut the lions' mouths, that they

Daniel's vision of four beasts.

have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, Ŏ king, have I done no hurt.

23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God.

24 And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.

25¶Then king Darius wrote unto all ⚫ people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.

Before CHRIST cir. 5

I the first year of Belshazzar king of Babylon Daniel + had a dream and Amsa 37bvisions of his head upon his bed: then +Chald. he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.

2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.

st

3 And four great beasts came up from Rev. 13 the sea, diverse one from another.

4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, || and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon the feet as a man, and a man's heart was given to it.

5 And behold another beast, a second, like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.

6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion was f. § 2. given to it.

r ver. 7, 8.

terpret. s ver. 7.

15 And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof: but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing:

16 And I have heard of thee, that thou +Chald. in canst +make interpretations, and dissolve doubts: "now if thou canst read the writing, and make known to me the interpretation thereof, thou shalt be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about thy neck, and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom.

17 Then Daniel answered and said before the king, Let thy gifts be to thyOr, fee, as self, and give thy ||rewards to another; yet I will read the writing unto the king, and make known to him the interpretation.

ch. 2. 6.

tch. 2. 37, 38. & 4.17, 22, 25.

ch. 3. 4.

18 O thou king, the most high God

interpreteth the handwriting.

26 This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.

Before CHRIST cir. 538.

e Job 31. 6. Jer. 6. 30.

27 TEKEL; Thou art weighed in P. 62.9. the balances, and art found wanting. 28 PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians. 29 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put g ch. 6. 28. a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, "that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom. 30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.

31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being || about threescore and two years old. CHAP. VI.

1 Daniel is made chief of the presidents. 4 They conspiring against him obtain an idolatrous decree, 10 Daniel, accused of the breach thereof, is cast into the lions den. 18 Daniel is saved. 24 His adversaries devoured, 25 and God magnified by a decree.

made to come

down.

ch. 4.32,

BLC. 1 Or, he

his

y

21 And he was driven from the sons of men; and || his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven; 'till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men, and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will.

22 And thou his son, O Belshazzar, 22 Chron. hast not humbled thine heart, though thou knewest all this;

33.23. & 36.

12.

b ver. 3, 4

23 But hast lifted up thyself against the Lord of heaven; and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee, and thou, and thy lords, thy wives, and thy concubines, have drunk wine in them; and thou hast praised the gods of silver, and gold, of brass, iron, wood, and Ps. 115-5 stone, which see not, nor hear, nor & know: and the God in whose hand thy a Jer. 10. 23. breath is, and whose are all thy ways, hast thou not glorified:

24 Then was the part of the hand sent from him; and this writing was written.

25 And this is the writing that was written, MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN.

pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;

2 And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.

h ver. 7.

eir. 538.

i Jer. 51. 31, 39, 57.

k ch. 9.1. Chald, he

as the son of, &c.

1 Or, now.

eir. 538. a Esth. 1. 1.

3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, be- b ch. 5. 12. cause an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

4¶Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.

cir. 537.

e Eccles. 4.

4.

tumultu

6 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and Or, came said thus unto him, "King Darius, live for ever.

d Neh. 2.3. ver. 21. ch. 2.4.

7 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellers, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm || decree, that whosoever or, intershall 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 sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which faltereth not. 9 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

diet.

Est. 1.19. 12, 15.

& 8. 8. ver.

+ Chald.

passeth not.

Daniel cast into the lions' den.

10 ¶ Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees "three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

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 they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, 1 regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.

in So Mark words,

6. 26.

a vêr. 8.

Lam. 3.53. p So Matt. 27.66

m

14 Then the king, when he heard these was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.

15 Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that "the law of the Medes and Persians is, That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.

16 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.

17 ° And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; Pand the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.

18 Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were Or, table. instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.

q ch. 2. 1.

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

20 And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant of the living ch.3.15 God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?

• ch. 2. 4. ch. 2. 28.

u Heb. the

33.

21 Then said Daniel unto the king, 'O king, live for ever.

22 My God hath sent his angel, and hath "shut the lions' mouths, that they

Daniel's vision of four beasts.

have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.

Before CHRIST cir. 53

23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, be- * Heb. 11. cause he believed in his God.

33.

19.

10. See Deut.

24 ¶ And the king commanded, and Deut. 15 they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and Ext their wives; and the lions had the mas-4 tery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.

25 Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.

2 Kings 14.6

a ch.4 1.

d cb-4.34

26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: "for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion ch.24& shall be even unto the end.

43, 34. & 7. 14, 27. Lake 1.33

| 27 He delivereth and rescueth, fand ich 43 he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.

28 So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of 5 ch.1.8 Cyrus the Persian.

h

h Erra

2

IN the first year of Belshazzar king of *** Babylon Daniel had a dream and bvisions of his head upon his bed: then C he wrote the dream, and told the sum of the matters.

2 Daniel spake and said, I saw in my vision by night, and, behold, the four winds of the heaven strove upon the great sea.

c

3 And four great beasts came up from the sea, diverse one from another.

4 The first was like a lion, and had eagle's wings: I beheld till the wings thereof were plucked, || and it was lifted up from the earth, and made stand upon; Or, the feet as a man, and a man's heart given to it.

was

5 And behold another beast, a second, 1 like to a bear, and it raised up itself on one side, and it had three ribs in the mouth of it between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, Arise, devour much flesh.

6 After this I beheld, and lo another, like a leopard, which had upon the back of it four wings of a fowl; the beast had also four heads; and dominion given to it.

was