Den @ a lair of wild beasts Psalms:10:9Psalms:104:22; Job:37:8); the hole of a venomous reptile Isaiah:11:8); a recess for secrecy "in dens and caves of the earth" Hebrews:11:38); a resort of thieves Matthew:21:13; Mark:11:17). Daniel was cast into "the den of lions" Daniel:6:16-17). Some recent discoveries among the ruins of Babylon have brought to light the fact that the practice of punishing offenders against the law by throwing them into a den of lions was common.