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.
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Gill's Exposition
And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den,.... Not a heap of stones, but a single one, a very large one, sufficient to stop up the mouth of the den, that nothing might enter in at…
Barnes' Notes
Then the king commanded ... - See the note at Dan 6:7. Some recent discoveries among the ruins of Babylon have shown that the mode of punishment by throwing offenders against the laws to lions was…
Adam Clarke
Then the king commanded - With a heavy heart he was obliged to warrant this murderous conspiracy. But when passing sentence his last words were affecting: "Thy God, whom thou servest continually, he…
Here is 1. Proof made of Daniel's praying to his God, notwithstanding the late edict to the contrary (Dan 6:11): These men assembled; the came tumultuously together, so the word is, the same that was…
Cambridge Bible
Now the king spake, &c. The king answered, &c. The asyndetic construction is characteristic of the Aramaic portion of the book: Dan 3:19; Dan 3:24; Dan 3:26; Dan 5:7; Dan 5:13; Dan 6:20 (notice…
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