Daniel 6:10-23 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 6:6-10

Daniel's adversaries could have no advantage against him from any law now in being; they therefore contrive a new law, by which they hope to ensnare him, and in a matter in which they knew they should be sure of him; and such was his fidelity to his God that they gained their point. Here is, I. Darius's impious law. I call it Darius?s, because he gave the royal assent to it, and otherwise it would not have been of force; but it was not properly his: he contrived it not, and was perfectly... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 6:11-17

Here is 1. Proof made of Daniel's praying to his God, notwithstanding the late edict to the contrary (Dan. 6:11): These men assembled; the came tumultuously together, so the word is, the same that was used Dan. 6:6; borrowed from Ps. 2:1; Why do the heathen rage? They came together to visit Daniel, perhaps under pretence of business, at that time which they knew to be his usual hour of devotion; and, if they had not found him so engaged, they would have upbraided him with his faint-heartedness... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 6:18-24

Here is, I. The melancholy night which the king had, upon Daniel's account, Dan. 6:18. He had said, indeed, that God would deliver him out of the danger, but at the same time he could not forgive himself for throwing him into the danger; and justly might God deprive him of a friend whom he had himself used so barbarously. He went to his palace, vexed at himself for what he had done, and calling himself unwise and unjust for not adhering to the law of God and nature with a non obstante?a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 6:10

Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed ,.... This he knew, either by the relation of others, or by the public proclamation of it through the city; however, he did not know of it till it was signed, or otherwise he might have prevented it by applying to the king, in whom he had great interest; but, now the thing was done, he did not solicit the abrogation of it, knowing it was in vain; nor did he go to the king with complaints against his enemies, showing the design they had in it;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 6:11

Then these men assembled ,.... Gathered together, and went in a body to Daniel's house; knowing his times of prayer, and where, and in what manner, he used to pray, to see if they could find him at it as aforetime; that so they might have to accuse him with it. Saadiah says, they found a girl, and asked her what Daniel was doing? she told him that Daniel was on his knees, praying to his God in his chamber; immediately they went, and found as she had said: and found Daniel praying and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 6:12

Then they came near ,.... They went immediately from Daniel's house to the king's palace, and into the king's presence; which they could do, either by virtue of their offices, or being admitted by the proper officer in waiting: and spake before the king concerning the king's decree ; at first they said nothing about Daniel, but about the decree, to get it recognized, and afresh ratified and confirmed; lest, under some pretence or another, the king should change it: hast thou not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 6:13

Then answered they, and spake before the king ,.... Having obtained what they desired, a ratification of the decree, they open the whole affair to him they came about: that Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king : they call him "that Daniel"; by way of contempt; and, to make him the more despicable, represent him not only as a foreigner, but a captive, and therefore ought to have been humble and obedient, as Jacchiades observes; and a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 6:14

Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself ,.... Or "at it" F5 עלוהי "super eo", Montanus; "super ipsum", De Dieu. ; or "with him"; with Daniel, not so much for what he had done, but that he had not done it with more caution, or more privately, that it might not have been known: or rather, as we render it, "with himself", that he should so rashly sign the decree, without considering the consequences of it; for he now found that he was circumvented by... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 6:15

Then these men assembled to the king ,.... Who had left him for a while to consider of the case; or they departed to consult among themselves about the king's proposals to them; or went home to their own houses to dinner, and returned in a body; they came in a tumultuous way, as the word signifies; see Daniel 6:6 , they cluttered about him, and were very rude and noisy, and addressed him in an authoritative and threatening manner: and said unto the king, know O king, that the law of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 6:16

Then the king commanded ,.... Being overawed by his princes and fearing they would conspire against him, and stir up the people to rebel; and consulting his own credit lest he should be thought fickle and inconstant; he ordered the decree to be put in execution against Daniel, and delivered his favourite into their hands: and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions ; not the princes but proper officers employed by them: according to the additions to this book of Daniel,... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 6:6-10

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 6:11-17

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Daniel 6:18-24

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 6:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 6:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 6:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 6:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 6:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 6:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Daniel 6:16

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