“Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.”

Daniel 6:9 (KJV) |

Daniel 6:9

From Daniel 6, in the Book of Daniel (Old Testament).

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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.

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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.

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Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

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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.

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Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.

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