“ Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. ”
Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live forever - The common form of salutation in addressing the king. See the note at Daniel 2:4 . There might be more than mere form in this, for Daniel m...
Daniel 6. Daniel in the Den of Lions. After giving an account of the reorganisation of the empire by Darius after the fall of Babylon, this chapter describes a conspiracy formed against Daniel by t...
Here Daniel answers the king moderately and softly, although he had been cast into the cave by his command. He might have deservedly been angry and expostulated with him, because he had been so...
Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever.
O king, live for ever— לעלמין lealmin, in saecula, or "long live the king;" an usual mode of addressing the monarch. When he in his turn addressed the people, it was, as we have seen, "Your peace...
Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live forever. Daniel might have indulged in anger at the king, but does not; his sole thought is...
The Den of Lions Darius the Mede divides his kingdom into 120 satrapies, the whole being superintended by three higher officials, of whom Daniel was one ( Daniel 6:1-2 ). Daniel is in special favo...
STOPPING THE MOUTHS OF LIONS ON the view which regards these pictures as powerful parables, rich in spiritual instructiveness, but not primarily concerned with historic accuracy, nor even necessar...
“Persecuted for Righteousness' Sake” Daniel 6:16-28 The plot was an atrocious one, but it hurt its perpetrators more than the victim of their vindictive hatred, Daniel 6:24 . They dug a pit in...
The last section in the historic portion of the Book is in the reign of Darius. He reorganized the government and distributed the administration among twenty satraps, who, in turn, were responsible t...
Behold, Reader! what a mighty change! Who so apparently forlorn and wretched as faithful Daniel, when cast into the lion's den: who so blessed when taken out? Reader! do not lose sight of these thing...
Then said Daniel unto the king ,.... Whose voice he knew, though the tone of it was so much altered: O king, live for ever ; he does not reproach him for delivering him into the hands of his enemi...
Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. Ver. 21. O king, live for ever. ] Daniel doth not curse the king (as some impatient spirits would have done, and as some think the damned i...
Then said Daniel Daniel knew the king's voice, though it was now a doleful voice, and spake to him with all the deference and respect that was due to him. O king, live for ever He does not reproa...
Daniel's Preservation and Deliverance. B. C. 537. 18 Then the king went to his palace,...
He prays for the king's prosperity, though he suffered under his hand.
‘Then Daniel said to the king, “O king live for ever. My God has sent his messenger and has shut the lions' mouths, and they have not hurt me, because before him I was found innocent, and also before...
Daniel 6:21-23 I. This story illustrates the fact that God often seems to crown the machinations of the wicked against the good with success. II. The story illustrates the insidiousness of sin in...
Daniel 6:1-3 . It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the p...
Daniel 6:2 . Three presidents, of whom Daniel was the first. His former celebrity had spread through the east. Ezekiel 14 . It being now sixty five years since Daniel was first promoted by Nebuch...
My Lord hath sent His Angel. Daniel’s Marvellous Deliverances These words are Daniel’s religious and thankful acknowledgment of his deliverance. 1. Here is a reverend compellation. “O king.”...
EXPOSITION Daniel 6:1-27 DANIEL IN THE LIONS ' DEN . Daniel 6:1-27 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes. which should be over the whole kin...
Daniel's Remarkable Deliverance
Daniel 2:4 ; Daniel 6:6 ; Nehemiah 2:3
A Man of Affairs Selections from Daniel 6:1-28 INTRODUCTORY WORDS In a previous study, we observed Daniel as a seer. Here we will see him as a man of affairs. As we watch Daniel moving a...