stories of the bible
daniel in the lion's den
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this is daniel oh hey who was a jewish
man
who was taken to babylon when he was
very young
daniel loved god and followed god's
rules
he talked to god three times a day and
asked god for help often
daniel served in the babylonian king's
court for many years
yeah i know him and under many kings
daniel daniel always proved himself to
be more
capable than all the other court
officials
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daniel was serving under king darius and
because of his great abilities
the king made plans to place him in
charge of the entire
empire wow okay the other court
officials searched for some fault in
daniel
but they couldn't find anything wrong
with him he was
faithful responsible and completely
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trustworthy
the court officials realized the only
way to get at daniel would be to
challenge his faith
come on
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so they went to king darius
and advised him to make a law that for
the next 30 days
any person who prays to anyone except
king darius
will be thrown into the lion's den i
like it
king darius signed this law and once a
babylonian king
signed a law it could not be overruled
when daniel learned of this law he went
home and knelt down as he always did
to pray in his room with the windows
open towards jerusalem
he prayed three times a day just as he
always had done
giving thanks to god and asking for his
help
the officials went to daniel's house and
found him praying
gotcha they went to the king and
reminded him of the law
i remember well then they said that
daniel had been found praying to god
three times a day or when the king heard
this
he was very upset get over here and he
spent the whole day trying to think of a
way to save daniel
by that evening the court officials came
back to the king
and reminded him that no loss signed by
the babylonian king
could be overruled so at last the king
gave orders for daniel to be thrown into
the lion's den
the king said to him may your god who
you serve faithfully
rescue you then the lion's den was
sealed
shut with daniel inside the king spent
the night
fasting and couldn't sleep then very
early in the morning
the king hurried to the lion's den he
called out
daniel was your god able to rescue you
from the lions
and daniel answered long live the king
my god sent his angel to shut the lion's
mouth
so that they would not hurt me for i
have been found innocent
in his sight the king was overjoyed
and ordered that daniel be taken out of
the lion's den
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then the king ordered the men who had
schemed against daniel
to be thrown into the lion's den as
punishment
daniel was safe there was not a scratch
on him
for he trusted in god