“ Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. ”
Now, O king, establish the decree - Ordain, enact, confirm it. And sign the writing - An act necessary to make it the law of the realm. That it be not changed - That, having the sign-manu...
Wherefore king Darius (d) signed the writing and the decree. (d) In this is condemned the wickedness of the king, who would be set up as a god, and did not care what wicked laws he approved for the...
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...
Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.
Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. King Darius signed the writing. Such a despotic decree is quite explicable, by remembering that the king, as the incarnation of Ormuzd...
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...
Fidelity in Worship Daniel 6:1-15 Though he was the most distinguished man of his day, and full of public business, Daniel managed to find time for prayer, in the evening, morning, and at noon,...
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...
I think it would be wrong to swell the Commentary by unnecessary observations here. The plan was evil; and the intention evil; though as we shall find by the sequel, the Lord overruled it for good. T...
Wherefore King Darius signed the writing and the decree. Moved to it by the number and importunity of his principal men; and chiefly through affectation of deity, which this law gave him; and that...
Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. Ver. 9. Wherefore king Darius signed the writing. ] As well enough content to be so dignified, yea, deified. So was Alexander, the Great; A...
All the presidents, &c., have consulted to make a firm decree As Daniel's adversaries could have no advantage against him by any law now in being, they therefore contrive a new law, by which t...
A Plot against Daniel. B. C. 537. 6 Then these presidents and princes assembled togeth...
The sum of all was this; they had a plot against Daniel and his people, to throw him out of place and favour; to effect that, they fall upon him in the point of religion, which they would make to be...
‘For this reason king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.' He yielded to pressure from his advisers and signed the short term decree, prepared by others, probably without reading it too car...
HOMILETICS SECT. XVIII.—THE PLOT (Chap. Daniel 6:1-9 ) Another of the deeply interesting Chapter s of Daniel. A former one exhibited faith “quenching the violence of fire;” this presents the sam...
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...
It pleased Darius to set over the Kingdom. Daniel and his enemies Darius appointed an entirely new administration, but it does not appear that he made any material change in the financial syste...
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 a Victim of Jealousy
Isaiah 2:22 ; Proverbs 6:2 ; Psalms 118:9 ; Psalms 146:3 ; Psalms 62:10 ; Psalms 62:9
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...