Darius’s Decree—Daniel’s Disobedience and Consequent Exposure to the Lions—His Deliverance by God. Dan. 6:1-28
The presidents and princes “assembled hastily and tumultuously’ to the king. They gave him no time for reflection, representing that their test decree was necessary for the safety of the king. King Darius, live forever” Fausset A. R. They framed the edit, brought in the bill.
- Dan. 6:6-10. “Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live forever. All the presidents of the kingdom… 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. 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…Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house…he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.”
- 6:6. The presidents and princes came tumultuously. Ver. 11, Ps. 56:6; 62:3; 64:2–6, Mat. 27:23–25, Lu. 23:23–25, Ac. 22:22-23. It was a shadow of the evil gathering against Christ by the priests and elders in Jerusalem. The one in heaven will laugh them to scorn. Ps. 2:2-4.
- 6:7 All the presidents of the kingdom… ch. 3:2, 27, have consulted. Ps. 2:2; 59:3; 62:4; 83:1–3; 94:20, Mich. 6:5, Mat. 12:14; 26:4, Mk. 15:1 to make a firm decree, that whosoever ask a petition…he shall be cast… ch. 3:6, 11, Ps. 10:9, Nah. 2:12. ‘The Persian king was regarded as the representative of the chief god, Ormuzd; the seven princes near him represented the seven Amshaspands before the throne of Ormuzd; hence Mordecai (Esth. 3:5) refused such homage to Haman…’ Fauseet A. R.
- 6:8-9. O King establish the decree Est. 3:12; 8:10, Is. 10:1 according to the law… ver. 12, 15, Est. 1:19; 8:8 altereth not Matt. 24:35. Darius ‘puffed up with a fancy that this would set him up as a little god’, M. Henry signed Ps. 118:9-11; 146:3, Is. 2:22 ‘This immutability of the king’s commands was peculiar to the Medes and Persians: it was due to their regarding him infallible as the representative of Ormuzd; it was not so among the Babylonians.’ Fausset A. R.
- 6:10. When Daniel knew Lu. 14:26, Ac. 4:17–19 open his windows 1Kg. 8:30, 38, 44, 48–50, Ps. 5:7, Jona. 2:4, Heb. 4:16, he kneeled. 1Kg. 8:54, 2Ch. 6:13. Ezr. 9:5, Lk. 22:41, Ac. 7:60; 20:36; 21:5, Ep. 3:14 three times. ‘Every house not only may be, but ought to be, a house of prayer; where we have a tent God must have an altar, and on it we must offer spiritual sacrifices” M.Henry ver. 13. Ps. 55:17; 86:3, Ac. 2:1–2, 15; 3:1; 10:9 gave thanks Phi. 4:6, Col. 3:17, 1Th. 5:17, 18, Heb. 13:15. He was focused Ne. 6:11, Ps. 11:1, 2, Matt. 10:28–33, Ac. 4:18, 19,; 5:29; 20:24, Phi. 1:20, and bold. Pro. 28:1.
