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Daniel 6:22

Verse 22 of 28. The 6th of 12 chapters in Daniel, in The Major Prophets.

18Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting. No musical instruments were brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.

19Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste to the den of lions.

20When he came near to Daniel in the den, he cried with a troubled voice. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions?”

21Then Daniel said to the king, “O king, live forever!

22My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me, because innocence was found in me before him; and also before you, O king, I have done no harm.”

23Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God.

24The king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions—them, their children, and their wives; and the lions mauled them, and broke all their bones in pieces before they came to the bottom of the den.

25Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages who dwell in all the earth: “Peace be multiplied to you.

26“I make a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel. “For he is the living God, and steadfast forever. His kingdom is that which will not be destroyed. His dominion will be even to the end.

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.