Daniel Is Thrown To The Lions

Because of Daniel’s righteousness and innocence he is saved from the Lions.

When times get tough, keep the faith in the One True G-d. What more when things are nice and easy, praise Him, and Him alone in you actions, reactions and intentions.

“The King’s Prohibition”

“Daniel In The Lion’s Pit”

Then Darius the Mede received the kingship at the age of sixty-two years.
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Then this Daniel oversaw the viziers and satraps, because of the extraordinary spirit in him; and the king thought to appoint him over the whole kingdom.
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Thereupon the viziers and the satraps tried to find a libel against Daniel with regard to the kingdom, but they could find neither fault nor corruption, because he was faithful and nor could error or corruption be found in him.
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… — that whoever will make a request of any god or man for thirty days, other than of you, O king, shall be thrown into the lions’ pit.
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As a result of this, King Darius inscribed the writing and the prohibition.
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When Daniel learned that the writing had been inscribed, he went home. He had windows open in his upper story, facing Jerusalem, and three times a day he fell to his knees and prayed and gave thanks before his God, exactly as he used to do before this.
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Then they exclaimed and said before the king, “That Daniel, who is one of the people of the exile of Judah, has not paid attention to you, O king, and to the prohibition that you have inscribed. Three times a day he prays his prayer!”
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Then the king, when he heard this statement, was deeply grieved, and set his heart on Daniel to save him, and until sundown he strove to rescue him.
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Then these men assembled around the king and said to the king, “Know, O king, that the law of Media and Persia is that any prohibition or statue that the king establishes cannot be altered.”
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Then the king commanded and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions’ pit. The king exclaimed to Daniel, “May your God, Whom you serve continually, save you!”
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Then the king went to his palace and went to bed fasting, and had no table brought before him; and his sleep wandered from him.
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… the king called out and said to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God! Was your God, Whom you serve continually, able to save you from the lions?”
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My God sent His angel and shut the lions’ mouths, and they did not wound me, because merit was found for me before Him. Also before you, O king, I have done no harm.”
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Then the king was very pleased, and he commanded that Daniel be brought up from the pit, and no wound was found on him, for he had trusted in his God.
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The king gave the command and they brought those men who had slandered Daniel, and they threw them into the lions’ pit, them, their children and their wives. …
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An order is hereby issued by me that in all the dominion of my kingdom people shall tremble and be in fear before the God of Daniel, Who is the living God and endures forever, Whose kingdom will not be destroyed and Whose dominion is until the End,
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This Daniel met with success in the reign of Darius and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
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1 And Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.
2 It pleased Darius, and he set over the kingdom one hundred and twenty satraps, who should be in the entire kingdom.
3 And over them three viziers, one of which was Daniel, that these satraps should give them counsel, and the king should not suffer any injury.
4 Then this Daniel surpassed the viziers and the satraps because he had a superior spirit, and the king contemplated setting him up over the entire kingdom.
5 Then the viziers and the satraps sought to find a pretext against Daniel regarding the kingdom, but they could find no pretext or fault because he was trustworthy, and no error or fault was found about him.
6 Then those men said, “No pretext can be found about Daniel, but we shall find [a pretext] against him concerning the law of his God.”
7 Then these viziers and satraps assembled about the king, and so they said to him: “O King Darius, may you live forever!
8 All the viziers of the kingdom, the prefects, the satraps, the leaders, and the governors have taken counsel to preserve the king’s law and to strengthen a decree that whoever makes any request of any god or man until thirty days except from you, O king, shall be cast into a pit of lions.
9 Now, O king, you shall issue a decree and inscribe a writ that will not be amended, like the law of Media and Persia, which will not be repealed.”
10 In view of this, King Darius inscribed a writ and a decree.
11 And Daniel, when he knew that a writ had been inscribed, came to his house, where there were open windows in his upper chamber, opposite Jerusalem, and three times a day he kneeled on his knees and prayed and offered thanks before his God just as he had done prior to this.
12 Then these men searched and found Daniel begging and supplicating before his God.
13 Then they drew near and said before the king concerning the king’s decree, “Did you not issue a decree that any person who begs from any god or man for thirty days except from you, O king, shall be cast into the pit of the lions?” The king replied and said, “The thing is true as the law of Media and Persia, which shall not be repealed.”
14 Then they raised their voices and said before the king that “Daniel, who is of the exiles of Judea, did not pay heed to you, O king, or to the decree that you inscribed, and three times a day he offers up his prayer.”
15 Then, when the king heard the thing, he became very displeased, and he gave Daniel a reprieve to save him, and until sunset, he tried to save him.
16 Then these men gathered to the king and said to the king, “You should know, O king, that the law of Media and Persia is that any decree or statute that the king establishes cannot be altered.”
17 Then the king ordered, and they brought Daniel and cast him into the pit of the lions. The king raised his voice and said to Daniel, “May your God, Whom you serve regularly, save you!”
18 And a stone was brought and placed on the mouth of the pit, and the king sealed it with his signet ring and with the signet ring of his dignitaries that his will about Daniel not be altered.
19 Then the king went to his palace and retired while fasting, and no table was brought before him, and his sleep wandered from him.
20 Then the king at dawn arose to the light of morning, and in haste went to the pit of the lions.
21 And when he approached the pit, he cried out to Daniel with a sad voice. The king raised his voice and said to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, the God Whom you worship regularly-was He able to save you from the lions?”
22 Then Daniel spoke with the king, [and said:] “May the king live forever!
23 My God sent His angel, and he closed the mouths of the lions and they did not hurt me because a merit was found for me before Him, and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.”
24 Then it pleased the king exceedingly, and he ordered to lift Daniel up out of the pit, and Daniel was lifted up out of the pit, and no injury was found on him because he believed in his God.
25 And the king ordered, and they brought these men, who had informed on Daniel, and they were cast into the lions’ pit-they, their sons, and their wives, and they did not reach the bottom of the pit before the lions overwhelmed them and crushed their bones into fine particles.
26 Then King Darius wrote to all peoples, nations, and tongues that lived in all the land, “May your peace increase!
27 From before me an order is issued that in the entire dominion of my kingdom, [everyone] should quake and be awestricken before the God of Daniel, for He is a living God, He exists forever, and His kingdom will not be destroyed, nor will His dominion until the end.
28 He saves and rescues and performs signs and wonders in heaven and on earth, Who saved Daniel from the hands of the lions.”
29 And this Daniel prospered in the [time of the] kingdom of Darius and in the kingdom of Cyrus the Persian.