18 Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting.(A) No diversions[a] were brought to him, and he could not sleep.(B)

Daniel Released

19 At the first light of dawn the king got up and hurried to the lions’ den. 20 When he reached the den, he cried out in anguish to Daniel. “Daniel, servant of the living God,” the king said,[b] “has your God, whom you continually serve, been able to rescue you(C) from the lions?”

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Footnotes

  1. 6:18 Aramaic obscure
  2. 6:20 Lit said to Daniel

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