Then the king commanded ... - See the note at (Daniel 6:7). Some recent discoveries among the ruins of Babylon have sho…

They brought Daniel.— According to Eastern custom, the sentence was generally executed on the day when it was pronounced. This exp…

Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God, whom th…

The king, as we have said, frightened by the denunciation of the nobles, condemns Daniel to death. And from this we gather the reward which kings d…

Then the king commanded Being overawed by his princes and fearing they would conspire against him, and stir up the people…

It is nothing new for actions performed faithfully, out of conscience toward God, to be misrepresented as acts of obstinacy and contempt for civil …