Charles Spurgeon Commentary Daniel 6:13

"Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the interdict that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day." — Daniel 6:13 (ASV)

That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah,

That captive, that slave, that serf – so they seemed to put it, forgetting that he was their master by virtue of his high office.