Chapter 6
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Darius Dan 5:31; 1Pet 2:14
an Exod 18:21-22; Esth 1:1
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of Dan 2:48-49, Dan 5:16, Dan 5:29; 1Sam 2:30; Prov 3:16
that Matt 18:23; Luke 16:2
and the Ezra 4:22; Esth 7:4; Prov 26:6; Luke 19:13-27; 1Cor 4:2
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was preferred Prov 22:29
an Dan 5:12, Dan 5:14, Dan 9:23; Gen 41:38-41; Neh 7:2; Prov 3:3-4, Prov 17:27; Eccl 2:13
thought Intended to make him grand vizier or emiru l umra. Daniel had now been employed full sixty-five years as prime minister under the kings of Babylon; and was justly entitled, from his acknowledged wisdom, to this preference.
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sought Dan 3:8; Gen 43:18; Judg 14:4; Ps 37:12-13, Ps 37:32-33; Prov 29:27; Eccl 4:4; Jer 18:18, Jer 18:23, Jer 20:10; Matt 26:4, Matt 27:18; Luke 20:20, Luke 22:2
but 1Sam 18:14, 1Sam 19:4-5, 1Sam 22:14; Luke 23:14-15; John 19:4; 2Cor 11:12; Phil 2:15; 1Tim 5:14; Titus 2:8; 1Pet 2:12, 1Pet 3:16, 1Pet 4:14-16
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1Sam 24:17; Esth 3:8; John 19:6-7; Acts 24:13-16, Acts 24:20-21
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assembled together or, came tumultuously, Dan 6:11; Ps 56:6, Ps 62:3, Ps 64:2-6; Matt 27:23-25; Luke 23:23-25; Acts 22:22-23
King Dan 6:21, Dan 2:4, Dan 3:9, Dan 5:10; Neh 2:3; Acts 24:2
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All Dan 6:2-3, Dan 3:2, Dan 3:27
have consulted Ps 2:2, Ps 59:3, Ps 62:4, Ps 83:1-3, Ps 94:20; Mic 6:5; Matt 12:14, Matt 26:4; Mark 15:1; John 12:10; Acts 4:5-7, Acts 4:26-28
decree or, interdict
he shall Dan 3:6, Dan 3:11; Ps 10:9; Nah 2:12
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establish Esth 3:12, Esth 8:10; Isa 10:1
according Dan 6:12, Dan 6:15; Esth 1:19, Esth 8:3
altereth not Chal, passeth not, Matt 24:35
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signed Ps 62:9-10, Ps 118:9, Ps 146:3; Prov 6:2; Isa 2:22
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when Luke 14:26; Acts 4:17-19
his windows 1Kgs 8:30, 1Kgs 8:38, 1Kgs 8:44, 1Kgs 8:48-50; 2Chr 6:38; Ps 5:7; Jonah 2:4; Heb 4:16
he kneeled 1Kgs 8:54; 2Chr 6:13; Ezra 9:5; Ps 95:6; Luke 22:41; Acts 7:60, Acts 9:40, Acts 20:36; Acts 21:5; Eph 3:14
three Dan 6:13; Ps 55:17, Ps 86:3 *marg. Acts 2:1-2, Acts 2:15, Acts 3:1, Acts 10:9
gave Ps 34:1; Phil 4:6; Col 3:17; 1Thess 5:17-18; Heb 13:15
as he Neh 6:11; Ps 11:1-2; Matt 10:28-33; Luke 12:4-9; Acts 4:18-19, Acts 4:29; Acts 5:20, Acts 5:29, Acts 5:40-42, Acts 20:24; Phil 1:14, Phil 1:20; Rev 2:10, Rev 2:13
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assembled Dan 6:6; Ps 10:9, Ps 37:32-33
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they Dan 3:8-12; Acts 16:19, Acts 16:24, Acts 24:2-9
the den It is probable that these lions were kept for the purpose of devouring certain criminals, whom the laws might consign to that kind of death.
The thing Dan 6:8; Esth 1:19
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That Daniel Dan 1:6, Dan 2:25, Dan 5:13
regardeth Dan 3:12; Esth 3:8; Acts 5:29, Acts 17:7
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was sore The king now clearly perceived for what purpose the decree had been solicited; and was exceedingly displeased with himself that he had suffered himself to be so deluded. Dan 3:13; Matt 27:17-24; Mark 6:26; Luke 23:13-21; John 19:7-12
and he He strove during the whole day, by every means, to evade or annul the edict; but the foolish constitution of his government (exactly the reverse of the happy rule for the conduct of our gracious monarch) did not allow them to pardon any person who had broken one of their decrees, however arbitrary and unreasonable. 2Sam 3:28-29
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Know Dan 6:8, Dan 6:12; Esth 8:8; Ps 94:20-21
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the king 2Sam 3:39; Prov 29:25; Jer 26:14, Jer 38:5; Matt 14:8-10, Matt 27:23-26; Mark 6:25-28, Mark 15:14-15; John 19:12-16; Acts 24:27, Acts 25:9, Acts 25:11; Rom 13:3
Thy God Dan 6:20, Dan 3:15, Dan 3:17, Dan 3:28; Job 5:19; Ps 37:39-40, Ps 91:14-16, Ps 118:8-9; Isa 43:2; Acts 27:23-24
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a stone Lam 3:53; Matt 27:60-66; Acts 12:4, Acts 16:23-24
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and passed 2Sam 12:16-17, 2Sam 19:24; 1Kgs 21:27; Job 21:12; Ps 137:2; Eccl 2:8; Isa 24:8-9; Amos 6:4-6; Jonah 3:3-9; Rev 18:22
instruments or, table
and Dan 2:1; Esth 6:1; Ps 77:4
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Matt 28:1; Mark 16:2; 2Cor 2:13; 1Thess 3:5
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is Dan 6:16, Dan 6:27, Dan 3:15, Dan 3:17, Dan 3:28-29
servest 1Chr 16:11; Ps 71:14-18, Ps 73:23, Ps 119:112, Ps 146:2; Prov 23:17-18; Hos 12:6; Luke 18:1; Acts 6:4; Rom 2:7; Col 4:2; 1Thess 5:17-18; Jas 1:25
able Dan 3:17; Gen 18:14; Num 11:23, Num 14:15-16; Jer 32:17; Luke 1:37; 2Cor 1:10; 2Tim 1:12, 2Tim 4:16-18; Heb 7:25; Jude 1:24
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O king Dan 6:6, Dan 2:4; Neh 2:3
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My God Dan 6:20; 2Sam 22:7; Ps 31:14, Ps 38:21, Ps 118:28; Mic 7:7; Matt 27:46; John 20:17; John 20:18
hath sent Dan 3:28; Num 20:16; 2Chr 32:21; Ps 34:7; Isa 63:9; Acts 12:11, Acts 27:23
hath shut 1Sam 17:37; Ps 91:11-13; 2Tim 4:17; Heb 11:33
forasmuch Dan 6:23; Ps 18:19-24, Ps 26:6, Ps 84:11; Isa 3:10; Acts 24:16; 2Cor 1:12; 1John 3:19-21
and also Gen 40:15; 1Sam 24:9-11, 1Sam 26:18; Ps 7:1-4; Acts 25:8-11
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was Dan 6:14, Dan 6:18; Exod 18:9; 1Kgs 5:7; 2Chr 2:11-12
because Dan 3:25, Dan 3:27-28; 1Chr 5:20; 2Chr 20:20; Ps 37:40, Ps 118:8-9, Ps 146:3-6; Prov 18:10; Isa 26:3; Mark 9:23; Heb 11:33
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and they brought Deut 19:18-20; Esth 7:10, Esth 9:25; Prov 11:8
them This savage act accorded with the customs of those times; contrary to the Divine law which enacted that "the fathers should not be put to death for the children, nor the children for the fathers."
their children Deut 24:16; Josh 7:24-25; 2Kgs 14:6; Esth 9:10
the lions Dan 3:22; Ps 54:5; Isa 38:13
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king Dan 4:1; Ezra 1:1-2; Esth 3:12, Esth 8:9
Peace Ezra 4:17; 1Pet 1:2; 2Pet 1:2; Jude 1:2
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make Dan 3:29; Ezra 6:8-12, Ezra 7:12-13
tremble Ps 2:11, Ps 99:1-3, Ps 119:120; Isa 66:2; Jer 10:10; Luke 12:5; Heb 12:29
for Dan 4:34; Deut 5:26; 1Sam 17:26, 1Sam 17:36; Hos 1:10; Acts 17:25; Rom 9:26; 1Thess 1:9; Rev 4:10, Rev 5:14
and stedfast Ps 93:1-2, Ps 146:10; Mal 3:6; Heb 6:17-18; Jas 1:17
and his kingdom Dan 2:44, Dan 4:3, Dan 4:34, Dan 7:14, Dan 7:27; Ps 29:10, Ps 145:12-13; Isa 9:7; Matt 6:13; Luke 1:33; Rev 11:15
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delivereth Job 36:15; Ps 18:48, Ps 18:50, Ps 32:7, Ps 35:17, Ps 97:10; Luke 1:74-75; 2Cor 1:8-10; 2Tim 4:17-18
and he Dan 4:2-3, Dan 4:34; Jer 32:19-20; Mark 16:17-18; Acts 4:30; Heb 2:4
power Chal, hand
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and in Dan 1:21; 2Chr 36:22-23; Ezra 1:1-2; Isa 44:28, Isa 45:1
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Darius Dan 5:31; 1Pet 2:14
an Exod 18:21-22; Esth 1:1
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of Dan 2:48-49, Dan 5:16, Dan 5:29; 1Sam 2:30; Prov 3:16
that Matt 18:23; Luke 16:2
and the Ezra 4:22; Esth 7:4; Prov 26:6; Luke 19:13-27; 1Cor 4:2
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was preferred Prov 22:29
an Dan 5:12, Dan 5:14, Dan 9:23; Gen 41:38-41; Neh 7:2; Prov 3:3-4, Prov 17:27; Eccl 2:13
thought Intended to make him grand vizier or emiru l umra. Daniel had now been employed full sixty-five years as prime minister under the kings of Babylon; and was justly entitled, from his acknowledged wisdom, to this preference.
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sought Dan 3:8; Gen 43:18; Judg 14:4; Ps 37:12-13, Ps 37:32-33; Prov 29:27; Eccl 4:4; Jer 18:18, Jer 18:23, Jer 20:10; Matt 26:4, Matt 27:18; Luke 20:20, Luke 22:2
but 1Sam 18:14, 1Sam 19:4-5, 1Sam 22:14; Luke 23:14-15; John 19:4; 2Cor 11:12; Phil 2:15; 1Tim 5:14; Titus 2:8; 1Pet 2:12, 1Pet 3:16, 1Pet 4:14-16
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1Sam 24:17; Esth 3:8; John 19:6-7; Acts 24:13-16, Acts 24:20-21
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assembled together or, came tumultuously, Dan 6:11; Ps 56:6, Ps 62:3, Ps 64:2-6; Matt 27:23-25; Luke 23:23-25; Acts 22:22-23
King Dan 6:21, Dan 2:4, Dan 3:9, Dan 5:10; Neh 2:3; Acts 24:2
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All Dan 6:2-3, Dan 3:2, Dan 3:27
have consulted Ps 2:2, Ps 59:3, Ps 62:4, Ps 83:1-3, Ps 94:20; Mic 6:5; Matt 12:14, Matt 26:4; Mark 15:1; John 12:10; Acts 4:5-7, Acts 4:26-28
decree or, interdict
he shall Dan 3:6, Dan 3:11; Ps 10:9; Nah 2:12
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establish Esth 3:12, Esth 8:10; Isa 10:1
according Dan 6:12, Dan 6:15; Esth 1:19, Esth 8:3
altereth not Chal, passeth not, Matt 24:35
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signed Ps 62:9-10, Ps 118:9, Ps 146:3; Prov 6:2; Isa 2:22
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when Luke 14:26; Acts 4:17-19
his windows 1Kgs 8:30, 1Kgs 8:38, 1Kgs 8:44, 1Kgs 8:48-50; 2Chr 6:38; Ps 5:7; Jonah 2:4; Heb 4:16
he kneeled 1Kgs 8:54; 2Chr 6:13; Ezra 9:5; Ps 95:6; Luke 22:41; Acts 7:60, Acts 9:40, Acts 20:36; Acts 21:5; Eph 3:14
three Dan 6:13; Ps 55:17, Ps 86:3 *marg. Acts 2:1-2, Acts 2:15, Acts 3:1, Acts 10:9
gave Ps 34:1; Phil 4:6; Col 3:17; 1Thess 5:17-18; Heb 13:15
as he Neh 6:11; Ps 11:1-2; Matt 10:28-33; Luke 12:4-9; Acts 4:18-19, Acts 4:29; Acts 5:20, Acts 5:29, Acts 5:40-42, Acts 20:24; Phil 1:14, Phil 1:20; Rev 2:10, Rev 2:13
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assembled Dan 6:6; Ps 10:9, Ps 37:32-33
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they Dan 3:8-12; Acts 16:19, Acts 16:24, Acts 24:2-9
the den It is probable that these lions were kept for the purpose of devouring certain criminals, whom the laws might consign to that kind of death.
The thing Dan 6:8; Esth 1:19
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That Daniel Dan 1:6, Dan 2:25, Dan 5:13
regardeth Dan 3:12; Esth 3:8; Acts 5:29, Acts 17:7
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was sore The king now clearly perceived for what purpose the decree had been solicited; and was exceedingly displeased with himself that he had suffered himself to be so deluded. Dan 3:13; Matt 27:17-24; Mark 6:26; Luke 23:13-21; John 19:7-12
and he He strove during the whole day, by every means, to evade or annul the edict; but the foolish constitution of his government (exactly the reverse of the happy rule for the conduct of our gracious monarch) did not allow them to pardon any person who had broken one of their decrees, however arbitrary and unreasonable. 2Sam 3:28-29
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Know Dan 6:8, Dan 6:12; Esth 8:8; Ps 94:20-21
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the king 2Sam 3:39; Prov 29:25; Jer 26:14, Jer 38:5; Matt 14:8-10, Matt 27:23-26; Mark 6:25-28, Mark 15:14-15; John 19:12-16; Acts 24:27, Acts 25:9, Acts 25:11; Rom 13:3
Thy God Dan 6:20, Dan 3:15, Dan 3:17, Dan 3:28; Job 5:19; Ps 37:39-40, Ps 91:14-16, Ps 118:8-9; Isa 43:2; Acts 27:23-24
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a stone Lam 3:53; Matt 27:60-66; Acts 12:4, Acts 16:23-24
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and passed 2Sam 12:16-17, 2Sam 19:24; 1Kgs 21:27; Job 21:12; Ps 137:2; Eccl 2:8; Isa 24:8-9; Amos 6:4-6; Jonah 3:3-9; Rev 18:22
instruments or, table
and Dan 2:1; Esth 6:1; Ps 77:4
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Matt 28:1; Mark 16:2; 2Cor 2:13; 1Thess 3:5
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is Dan 6:16, Dan 6:27, Dan 3:15, Dan 3:17, Dan 3:28-29
servest 1Chr 16:11; Ps 71:14-18, Ps 73:23, Ps 119:112, Ps 146:2; Prov 23:17-18; Hos 12:6; Luke 18:1; Acts 6:4; Rom 2:7; Col 4:2; 1Thess 5:17-18; Jas 1:25
able Dan 3:17; Gen 18:14; Num 11:23, Num 14:15-16; Jer 32:17; Luke 1:37; 2Cor 1:10; 2Tim 1:12, 2Tim 4:16-18; Heb 7:25; Jude 1:24
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O king Dan 6:6, Dan 2:4; Neh 2:3
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My God Dan 6:20; 2Sam 22:7; Ps 31:14, Ps 38:21, Ps 118:28; Mic 7:7; Matt 27:46; John 20:17; John 20:18
hath sent Dan 3:28; Num 20:16; 2Chr 32:21; Ps 34:7; Isa 63:9; Acts 12:11, Acts 27:23
hath shut 1Sam 17:37; Ps 91:11-13; 2Tim 4:17; Heb 11:33
forasmuch Dan 6:23; Ps 18:19-24, Ps 26:6, Ps 84:11; Isa 3:10; Acts 24:16; 2Cor 1:12; 1John 3:19-21
and also Gen 40:15; 1Sam 24:9-11, 1Sam 26:18; Ps 7:1-4; Acts 25:8-11
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was Dan 6:14, Dan 6:18; Exod 18:9; 1Kgs 5:7; 2Chr 2:11-12
because Dan 3:25, Dan 3:27-28; 1Chr 5:20; 2Chr 20:20; Ps 37:40, Ps 118:8-9, Ps 146:3-6; Prov 18:10; Isa 26:3; Mark 9:23; Heb 11:33
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and they brought Deut 19:18-20; Esth 7:10, Esth 9:25; Prov 11:8
them This savage act accorded with the customs of those times; contrary to the Divine law which enacted that "the fathers should not be put to death for the children, nor the children for the fathers."
their children Deut 24:16; Josh 7:24-25; 2Kgs 14:6; Esth 9:10
the lions Dan 3:22; Ps 54:5; Isa 38:13
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king Dan 4:1; Ezra 1:1-2; Esth 3:12, Esth 8:9
Peace Ezra 4:17; 1Pet 1:2; 2Pet 1:2; Jude 1:2
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make Dan 3:29; Ezra 6:8-12, Ezra 7:12-13
tremble Ps 2:11, Ps 99:1-3, Ps 119:120; Isa 66:2; Jer 10:10; Luke 12:5; Heb 12:29
for Dan 4:34; Deut 5:26; 1Sam 17:26, 1Sam 17:36; Hos 1:10; Acts 17:25; Rom 9:26; 1Thess 1:9; Rev 4:10, Rev 5:14
and stedfast Ps 93:1-2, Ps 146:10; Mal 3:6; Heb 6:17-18; Jas 1:17
and his kingdom Dan 2:44, Dan 4:3, Dan 4:34, Dan 7:14, Dan 7:27; Ps 29:10, Ps 145:12-13; Isa 9:7; Matt 6:13; Luke 1:33; Rev 11:15
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delivereth Job 36:15; Ps 18:48, Ps 18:50, Ps 32:7, Ps 35:17, Ps 97:10; Luke 1:74-75; 2Cor 1:8-10; 2Tim 4:17-18
and he Dan 4:2-3, Dan 4:34; Jer 32:19-20; Mark 16:17-18; Acts 4:30; Heb 2:4
power Chal, hand
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and in Dan 1:21; 2Chr 36:22-23; Ezra 1:1-2; Isa 44:28, Isa 45:1