Wherefore King Darius signed the writing and the decree. Moved to it by the number and importunity of his principal men; and chiefly through affectation of deity, which this law gave him; and that he might have an opportunity of ingratiating himself into his new subjects by his munificence and liberality, not being aware of the snare laid for his favourite, Daniel.
NOW, O KING, ESTABLISH THE DECREE - Ordain, enact, confirm it. AND SIGN THE WRITING - An act necessary to make it the law of the realm. THAT IT BE NOT CHANGED - That, having the sign-manual of the s...
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...
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...
_decree_ INTERDICT....
TEXT: Daniel 6:1-9 1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom; 2 and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; t...
Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. KING DARIUS SIGNED THE WRITING. Such a despotic decree is quite explicable, by remembering that the king, as the incarnation of Ormuzd, migh...
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...
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...
_[Daniel 6:10]_ כָּ ל ־קֳבֵ֖ל דְּנָ֑ה מַלְכָּא֙...
FIDELITY IN WORSHIP Daniel 6:1-15 Though he was the most distinguished man of his day, and full of public business, Daniel managed to find time for prayer, in the evening, morning, and at noon, accor...
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...
Wherefore king Darius (d) signed the writing and the decree. (d) In this is condemned the wickedness of the king, who would be set up as a god, and did not care what wicked laws he approved for the m...
_It. Nabuchodonosor of Babylon, and of Ninive, had both pretended to be gods; (Chap. iii. 15; Judith vi. 29.) (Calmet) and Curtius (8.) remarks, "that the Persians follow the dictates of prudence as w...
I think it would be wrong to swell the Commentary by unnecessary observations here. The plan was evil; and the intention evil; though as we shall find by the sequel, the Lord overruled it for good. Th...
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...
Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree. Ver. 9. _Wherefore king Darius signed the writing._] As well enough content to be so dignified, yea, deified. So was Alexander, the Great; Ant...
_All the presidents, &c., have consulted to make a firm decree _ As Daniel's adversaries could have no advantage against him by any law now in being, they therefore contrive a new law, by which they h...
Wherefore King Darius, carried away by the suddenness and the fervor of the request, which hardly gave him time for reflection, SIGNED THE WRITING AND THE DECREE, placing his royal seal upon the inter...
DANIEL A VICTIM OF JEALOUSY...
6-10 To forbid prayer for thirty days, is, for so long, to rob God of all the tribute he has from man, and to rob man of all the comfort he has in God. Does not every man's heart direct him, when in...
The sum of all was this; they had a plot against Daniel and his people, to throw him out of place and favour; to effect that, they fall upon him in the point of religion, which they would make to be t...
Daniel 6:9 Therefore H3606 H1836 H6903 King H4430 Darius H1868 signed H7560 (H8754) written H3792 decree...
‘For this reason king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.' He yielded to pressure from his advisers and signed the short term decree, prepared by others, probably without reading it too care...
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...
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...
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...
_It pleased Darius to set over the Kingdom._ DANIEL AND HIS ENEMIES Darius appointed an entirely new administration, but it does not appear that he made any material change in the financial system of...
_Therefore King Darius reigned the Writing and the Decree._ A HERO IN BABYLON The Jews passed into the hands of the conqueror of Babylon, and became the subjects of the great Cyrus, whose viceroy at...
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 6:1 The events of ch. Daniel 6:1 recall the events of ch. Daniel 3:1. However, while ch....
DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 6:4 The other officials in the Medo-Persian court are jealous of Daniel’s success. They conspire to get the king to issue an edict that Daniel cannot obey. ⇐
_HOMILETICS_ SECT. XVIII.—THE PLOT (Chap. Daniel 6:1) Another of the deeply interesting Chapter s of Daniel. A former one exhibited faith “quenching the violence of fire;” this presents the same fait...
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
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...
Isaiah 2:22; Proverbs 6:2; Psalms 118:9; Psalms 146:3; Psalms 62:10;...
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...