kjv@Daniel:6:4@ 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.
kjv@Daniel:6:5@ 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].
kjv@Daniel:6:7@ All the [Presidents] of the [Kingdom], the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall 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].
kjv@Daniel:6:8@ 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 altereth not.
kjv@Daniel:6:12@ 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.
kjv@Daniel:6:13@ Then answered they and said before the [King], That [Daniel], which is of the children of the [Captivity] of [Judah], regardeth not thee, O [King], nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a [Day].
kjv@Daniel:6:14@ Then the [King], when he heard these 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.
kjv@Daniel:6:15@ 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.
kjv@Daniel:6:18@ Then the [King] went to his [Palace], and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
kjv@Daniel:6:22@ My [God] hath sent his [Angel], and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O [King], have I done [No] hurt.
kjv@Daniel:6:23@ 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].
kjv@Daniel:6:24@ 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].
kjv@Daniel:6:26@ 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 shall be even unto the [End].
In the comments of kjv@Daniel:5 I had pondered the righteousness of God and the unrighteousness of man as it came to God appointing rulers, even if of questionable heart. Here immediately after that chapter, we see a demonstration of one of these leaders being played shrewdly/wickedly by a band of political malcontents to a man of God's harm/end. The king was aware of the trickery and sorrowful about it but, was not in a position to go against his own decree. We see a similar occurrence with Pilot regarding the sentencing of Jesus. We should be aware then that matters of righteousness and unrighteousness and leadership are not as cut and dry as we commoners presume, neither is the manner in which the righteous hand of God must deal with them.
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