Daniel 6:15-19
Daniel 6:15
Then these men came by agreement to the king and said to the king, “Recognize, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no injunction or statute which the king establishes may be changed.” Daniel in the Lions’ Den
Daniel 6:16
Then the king gave orders, and Daniel was brought in and thrown into the lions’ den. The king said to Daniel, “Your God whom you continually serve will Himself rescue you.”
Daniel 6:17
And a stone was brought and placed 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 regarding Daniel.
Daniel 6:18
Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting, and no entertainment was brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.
Daniel 6:19
Then the king got up at dawn, at the break of day, and went in a hurry to the lions’ den.