Daniel 6:1-7
Daniel Serves Darius
1 (a)It seemed good to Darius to appoint 120 satraps over the kingdom, that they would be in charge of the whole kingdom,
2 and over them three commissioners (of whom (A)Daniel was one), that these satraps might be accountable to them, and that the king might not suffer (B)loss.
3 Then this Daniel began distinguishing himself (b)among the commissioners and satraps because (c)he possessed an (C)extraordinary spirit, and the king planned to appoint him over the (D)entire kingdom.
4 Then the commissioners and satraps began (E)trying to find a ground of accusation against Daniel in regard to (d)government affairs; but they could find (F)no ground of accusation or evidence of corruption, inasmuch as he was faithful, and no negligence or corruption was to be found in him.
5 Then these men said, “We will not find any ground of accusation against this Daniel unless we find it against him with regard to the (G)law of his God.”
6 Then these commissioners and satraps came (e)by agreement to the king and spoke to him as follows: “King Darius, (H)live forever!
7 All the (I)commissioners of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the high officials and the governors have (J)consulted together that the king should establish a statute and enforce an injunction that anyone who makes a petition to any god or man besides you, O king, for thirty days, shall (K)be cast into the lions’ (f)den.
Footnotes:
a.
Daniel 6:1: ['Ch 6:2 in Aram']
b.
Daniel 6:3: ['Lit ', above]
c.
Daniel 6:3: ['Lit ', there was in him]
d.
Daniel 6:4: ['Lit ', the kingdom]
e.
Daniel 6:6: ['Or ', thronging]
f.
Daniel 6:7: ['Or ', pit, ', and so throughout the ch']