This man Daniel surpassed the other ministers and satraps by virtue of his extraordinary spirit, and the king considered setting him over the whole kingdom.
The ministers and satraps looked for some fault in Daniel’s conduct in matters of state, but they could find neither fault nor corruption, inasmuch as he was trustworthy, and no negligence or corruption was to be found in him.
Those men then said, “We are not going to find any fault with this Daniel, unless we find something against him in connection with the laws of his God.”
All the ministers of the kingdom, the prefects, satraps, companions, and governors are in agreement that a royal ban should be issued under sanction of an oath that whoever shall address a petition to anyone, divine or human, besides you, O king, during the next thirty days shall be thrown into a lions’ den.
When Daniel learned that it had been put in writing, he went to his house, in whose upper chamber he had had windows made facing Jerusalem, and three times a day he knelt down, prayed, and made confession to his God, as he had always done.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ודניאל
101
כדי
34
ידע
84
דירשים
564
כתבא
423
על
100
לביתה
447
וכוין
92
פתיחן
548
לה
35
בעליתה
517
נגד
57
ירושלם
586
וזמנין
163
תלתה
835
ביומא
59
הוא
12
ברך
222
עלברכוהי
343
ומצלא
167
ומודא
57
קדם
144
אלהה
41
כלקבל
182
דיהוא
26
עבד
76
מןקדמת
634
דנהס
119
Daniel 6:12
Gematria: 2132
אדיןגבריאאלךהרגשווהשכחולדניאלבעהומתחנןקדםאלהה
Then those men came thronging in and found Daniel petitioning his God in supplication.
They then approached the king and reminded him of the royal ban: “Did you not put in writing a ban that whoever addresses a petition to anyone, divine or human, besides you, O king, during the next thirty days, shall be thrown into a lions’ den?” The king said in reply, “The order stands firm, as a law of the Medes and Persians that may not be abrogated.”
Thereupon they said to the king, “Daniel, one of the exiles of Judah, pays no heed to you, O king, or to the ban that you put in writing; three times a day he offers his petitions [to his God].”
Then those men came thronging in to the king and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that any ban that the king issues under sanction of oath is unalterable.”
By the king’s order, Daniel was then brought and thrown into the lions’ den. The king spoke to Daniel and said, “Your God, whom you serve so regularly, will deliver you.”
A rock was brought and placed over the mouth of the den; the king sealed it with his signet and with the signet of his nobles, so that nothing might be altered concerning Daniel.
As he approached the den, he cried to Daniel in a mournful voice; the king said to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, was the God whom you served so regularly able to deliver you from the lions?”
Word-by-Word Analysis
וכמקרבה
373
לגבא
36
לדניאל
125
בקל
132
עציב
172
זעק
177
ענה
125
מלכא
91
ואמר
247
לדניאל
125
דניאל
95
עבד
76
אלהא
37
חיא
19
אלהך
56
די
14
אנתה
456
אנת
451
פלחלה
153
בתדירא
617
היכל
65
לשיזבותך
775
מןאריותא
708
Daniel 6:22
Gematria: 810
אדיןדניאלעםמלכאמללמלכאלעלמיןחיי
Daniel then talked with the king, “O king, live forever!
My God sent an angel, who shut the mouths of the lions so that they did not injure me, inasmuch as I was deemed to be innocent, nor have I, O king, done you any injury.”
The king was very glad, and ordered Daniel to be brought up out of the den. Daniel was brought up out of the den, and no injury was found on him, for he had trusted in his God.
Then, by order of the king, those men who had slandered Daniel were brought and, together with their children and wives, were thrown into the lions’ den. They had hardly reached the bottom of the den when the lions overpowered them and crushed all their bones.
I have hereby given an order that throughout my royal domain everyone must tremble in fear before the God of Daniel, for this is the living God who endures forever; whose kingdom is indestructible, and whose dominion is to the end of time;