Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians [is], That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.
Ver. 15. Then thase men assembled unto the king.] Or, Kept a stir with the king, from Psalms 2:1. Congregaverunt se supra regem. Doubtless, saith Broughton, Daniel's spirit thought of David his father's terms. a So Daniel 6:6. They came cluttering about the king.
Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians, &c.] This he knew as well as they; but they press him to do accordingly. So did those Ignatian Boutefeans in Germany, who, in the year 1582, cast abroad this bloody distich:
“ Utere iure tuo, Cesar, sectamque Lutheri
Ense, rota, ponto, funibus, igne neca. ”
a [i.e., Thought of his father David's expressions in Ps. ii.; "Why do the heathen tumultuously assemble": see marginal reading.]