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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...
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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...
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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...
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TEXT: Daniel 6:1-9
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It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty
satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;
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and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; t...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_[Daniel 6:10]_ כָּ ל ־קֳבֵ֖ל דְּנָ֑ה
מַלְכָּא֙...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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DANIEL A VICTIM OF JEALOUSY...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Daniel 6:9 Therefore H3606 H1836 H6903 King H4430 Darius H1868 signed
H7560 (H8754) written H3792 decree...
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‘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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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DANIEL—NOTE ON DANIEL 6:1 The events of ch. Daniel 6:1 recall the
events of ch. Daniel 3:1. However, while ch....
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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.
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_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...
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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
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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...
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Isaiah 2:22; Proverbs 6:2; Psalms 118:9; Psalms 146:3; Psalms 62:10;...
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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...