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Verse 17. _A STONE WAS BROUGHT_] All this _precaution_ served the
purposes of the Divine Providence. There could be no trick nor
collusion here; if Daniel be preserved, it must be by the power of the...
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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 that Daniel could not remove it from within and escape...
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CHAPTER 6 UNDER DARIUS THE MEDE AND DANIEL IN THE LION'S DEN
_ 1. The decree of Darius (Daniel 6:1)_
2. Daniel's faith and steadfastness (Daniel 6:10)
3. Daniel cast into the lion's den and the del...
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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 describes a conspiracy formed against Daniel by the...
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MOUTH. door.
LORDS. nobles. See note on "lords" (Daniel 5:1), and "princes" (Daniel
5:2)....
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_sealed it with his own signet_ seals were in common use alike among
the Assyrians, Babylonians (cf. Hdt. i. 195, -every one has a seal"),
and Persians; and numbers, especially from Babylonia and Assy...
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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 against Daniel. The Vulgate reads the last clause, _...
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TEXT: Daniel 6:10-18
10
And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his
house; (now his windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem);
and he kneeled upon his knees three tim...
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6:17 be (a-35) Or 'that nothing might be.'...
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THE DEN OF LIONS
Darius the Mede divides his kingdom into 120 satrapies, the whole
being superintended by three higher officials, of whom Daniel was one
(Daniel 6:1). Daniel is in special favour, and...
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THAT THE PURPOSE MIGHT NOT BE CHANGED] RV 'that nothing might be
changed.'...
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THE MEN WHO WERE LOYAL TO GOD
DANIEL
_ROBERT BRYCE_
CHAPTER 6
V1 Darius decided to appoint 120 rulers. Together, they would rule
over the whole *kingdom. V2 He also appointed three other officia...
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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 attempting to rescue Daniel. The nobles also would be una...
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_[Daniel 6:18]_ וְ הֵיתָ֨יִת֙ אֶ֣בֶן חֲדָ֔ה
וְ...
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STOPPING THE MOUTHS OF LIONS
ON the view which regards these pictures as powerful parables, rich in
spiritual instructiveness, but not primarily concerned with historic
accuracy, nor even necessarily...
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“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 vindictive hatred, Daniel 6:24. They dug a pit
into which...
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The last section in the historic portion of the Book is in the reign
of Darius. He reorganized the government and distributed the
administration among twenty satraps, who, in turn, were responsible to...
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_Own ring, that none of his enemies might injure Daniel. The nobles
also affixed their seal, (Haydock) that the king might not liberate
him. (Menochius) --- All this shews that aristocracy was mixed w...
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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 lively exercise, in what the king said to Daniel? We...
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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, and render the miracle more illustrious. For when the ki...
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Another form of iniquity appears besides that of Babylon (chap. 6).
Cyrus, personally, had better thoughts; and God, from whom they came,
made use of him for the temporary re-establishment of His peop...
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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 the mouth of the den, that nothing might enter in at it...
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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 purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
Ver...
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_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 therefore, that they might have full opportunity to sat...
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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 were cast down; AND THE KING SEALED IT WITH HIS OWN...
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DANIEL A VICTIM OF JEALOUSY...
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11-17 It is no new thing for what is done faithfully, in conscience
toward God, to be misrepresented as done obstinately, and in contempt
of the civil powers. Through want of due thought, we often do...
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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 of Christ, MATTHEW 27:66. So did Herod serve Peter,...
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Daniel 6:17 a H2298 stone H69 brought H858 (H8717) laid H7761 (H8752)
on H5922 mouth H6433 den...
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‘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 might be changed in respect of Daniel.'
These forma...
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Daniel 6:1. It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and
twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; And over these
three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes...
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CONTENTS: Daniel's history to the accession of Cyrus. Decree of
Darius. Daniel's steadfastness. Daniel in the lion's den and his
deliverance. Darius' new decree.
CHARACTERS: God, Daniel, Darius, Prin...
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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 five years since Daniel was first promoted by Nebuchadnez...
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_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
with excellencies which bear no resemblance to the “fas...
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DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 6:1 The events of ch. Daniel 6:1 recall the
events of ch. Daniel 3:1. However, while ch....
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DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 6:16 THE MOUTH OF THE DEN was covered with a
STONE, which was then SEALED with the SIGNET rings of the king and...
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EXPOSITION
DANIEL 6:1
DANIEL IN THE LIONS' DEN.
DANIEL 6:1
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty
princes. which should be over the whole
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Now it pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred and twenty
princes, which should be over the whole kingdom (Daniel 6:1);
Now that the Persian, Medo-Persian Empire, has conquered over the
Ba...
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Acts 12:4; Acts 16:23; Acts 16:24; Lamentations 3:53; Matthew 27:60
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A MAN OF AFFAIRS
_Selections from Daniel 6:1_
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
In a previous study, we observed Daniel as a seer. Here we will see
him as a man of affairs.
As we watch Daniel moving among the gre...