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5:24. Wherefore, he hath sent the part of the hand which hath written
this that is set down.
5:25. And this is the writing that is written: MANE, THECEL, PHARES.
5:26. And this is the interpretation of the word. MANE: God hath
numbered thy kingdom, and hath finished it.
5:27. THECEL: thou art weighed in the balance, and art found wanting.
5:28. PHARES: thy kingdom is divided, and is given to the Medes and
Persians.
5:29. Then by the king's command, Daniel was clothed with purple, and a
chain of gold was put about his neck: and it was proclaimed of him that
he had power as the third man in the kingdom.
5:30. The same night Baltasar, the Chaldean king, was slain.
5:31. And Darius, the Mede, succeeded to the kingdom, being threescore
and two years old.
Darius... He is called Cyaxares by the historians; and was the son of
Astyages, and uncle to Cyrus.
Daniel Chapter 6
Daniel is promoted by Darius: his enemies procure a law forbidding
prayer; for the transgression of this law Daniel is cast into the lions'
den: but miraculously delivered.
6:1. It seemed good to Darius, and he appointed over the kingdom a
hundred and twenty governors, to be over his whole kingdom.
6:2. And three princes over them of whom Daniel was one: that the
governors might give an account to them, and the king might have no
trouble.
6:3. And Daniel excelled all the princes, and governors: because a
greater spirit of God was in him.
6:4. And the king thought to set him over all the kingdom; whereupon the
princes, and the governors, sought to find occasion against Daniel, with
regard to the king: and they could find no cause, nor suspicion, because
he was faithful, and no fault, nor suspicion was found in him.
6:5. Then these men said: We shall not find any occasion against this
Daniel, unless perhaps concerning the law of his God.
6:6. Then the princes, and the governors, craftily suggested to the
king, and spoke thus unto him: King Darius, live for ever:
6:7. All the princes of the kingdom, the magistrates, and governors, the
senators, and judges, have consulted together, that an imperial decree,
and an edict be published: That whosoever shall ask any petition of any
god, or man, for thirty days, but of thee, O king, shall be cast into
the den of the lions.
6:8. Now, therefore, O king, confirm the sentence, and sign the decree:
that what is decreed by the Medes and Persians may not be altered, nor
any man be allowed to transgress it.
6:9. So king Darius set forth the decree, and established it.
6:10. Now, when Daniel knew this, that is to say, that the law was made,
he went into his house: and opening the windows in his upper chamber
towards Jerusalem, he knelt down three times a day, and adored and gave
thanks before his God, as he had been accustomed to do before.
6:11. Wherefore those men carefully watching him, found Daniel praying
and making supplication to his God.
6:12. And they came and spoke to the king concerning the edict: O king,
hast thou not decreed, that every man that should make a request to any
of the gods, or men, for thirty days, but to thyself, O king, should be
cast into the den of the lions? And the king answered them, saying: The
word is true, according to the decree of the Medes and Persians, which
it is not lawful to violate.
6:13. Then they answered, and said before the king: Daniel, who is of
the children of the captivity of Juda, hath not regarded thy law, nor
the decree that thou hast made: but three times a day he maketh his
prayer.
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