Then Daniel went to his house, and made the thing known to Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, his companions:
Ver. 17. Then Daniel went to his house.] A house then he had, though he had lost house and home for God, and thither he repaireth, as to his oratory, well perfumed with prayers.
And made the thing known to Hananiah, &c.] That they also might pray, setting sides and shoulders to the work, as countrymen do to the wheel, when the cart is stalled.