27:006:006 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the
           king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.

27:006:007 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the
           princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted
           together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm
           decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man
           for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into
           the den of lions.

27:006:008 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that
           it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and
           Persians, which altereth not.

27:006:009 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

27:006:010 Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into
           his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward
           Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and
           prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

27:006:011 Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making
           supplication before his God.

27:006:012 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the
           king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man
           that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty
           days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of
           lions?  The king answered and said, The thing is true,
           according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth
           not.

27:006:013 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel,
           which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth
           not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but
           maketh his petition three times a day.

27:006:014 Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased
           with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him:  and
           he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.

27:006:015 Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the
           king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians is,
           That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be
           changed.

27:006:016 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 thou servest continually, he will deliver
           thee.

27:006:017 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.