Daniel 6:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den - Probably a large flat stone sufficient to cover the mouth of the cave, and so heavy...

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

mouth . door. lords . nobles. See note on "lords" ( Daniel 5:1 ), and "princes" ( Daniel 5:2 ).

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

There is no doubt that God’s counsel provided that the nobles should seal the stone with their own rings, and thus close the mouth of the cave,...

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the p...

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords— That neither one nor the other of the parties might separately do any thing for or...

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that t...

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Den of Lions Darius the Mede divides his kingdom into 120 satrapies, the whole being superintended by three higher officials, of whom Daniel w...

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

That the purpose might not be changed] RV 'that nothing might be changed.'

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Sealed it. — This sealing both by the king and his nobles appears to have been due to the fear that the nobles had ( Daniel 6:16 ) of the king’s at...

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

STOPPING THE MOUTHS OF LIONS ON the view which regards these pictures as powerful parables, rich in spiritual instructiveness, but not primarily c...

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“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 v...

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The last section in the historic portion of the Book is in the reign of Darius. He reorganized the government and distributed the administration amon...

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What a train of evils the king by his inconsiderateness had brought himself into? But is there not somewhat like the language of faith, and that in l...

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den ,.... Not a heap of stones, but a single one, a very large one, sufficient to stop up th...

John Trapp Complete Commentary

And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the p...

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den Because, perhaps, it was seen that the lions did not seize on him immediately; and ther...

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Daniel in the Den of Lions. B. C. 537.    ...

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They are resolved to make all fast and sure. So did the enemies of the three young men, by the hellish heat of the fiery furnace. So did the enemies...

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den. And the king sealed it with his own signet and with the signet of his lords, that nothing...

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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 thre...

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 fi...

The Biblical Illustrator

Then the King commanded and they brought Daniel. The Example of Daniel It is the property of pure religion to invest the man who possesses it w...

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Daniel a Victim of Jealousy

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And a stone was brought, probably one used for similar executions, and laid upon the mouth of the den, over the opening through which the condemned...

Wells of Living Water Commentary

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...