Daniel 6:1-7
Read Daniel 6 in full →Darius’ Officials Seek to Accuse Daniel
61It seemed good to Darius that he set 120 satraps over the kingdom, that they would be in charge of the whole kingdom, 2and over them three commissioners (of whom aDaniel was one), that these satraps might be accountable to them, and that the king might not suffer bloss. 3Then this Daniel began distinguishing himself 1among the commissioners and satraps because an aextraordinary spirit was in him, and the king planned to set him over the bentire kingdom. 4Then the commissioners and satraps began aseeking to find a ground of accusation against Daniel in regard to matters of the kingdom; but they were not able to find bany ground of accusation or evidence of corruption, inasmuch as he was faithful, and no negligence or corruption was to be found in him. 5Then these men said, “We will not find any ground of accusation against this Daniel unless we find it against him with regard to the alaw of his God.”
6Then these commissioners and satraps came 1by agreement to the king and said thus to him: “King Darius, alive forever! 7“All the acommissioners of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the high officials and the governors have bcounseled together that the king should establish a statute and enforce an injunction that anyone who seeks to make a petition 1to any god or man besides you, O king, for thirty days, shall cbe cast into the lions’ 2den.