Daniel 6:10-15

New American Standard Bible

¹⁰ Now when Daniel learned that the document was signed, he entered his house (and in his roof chamber he had windows open ^(A)toward Jerusalem); and he continued ^(B)kneeling on his knees three times a day, ^(C)praying and ^(D)offering praise before his God, just as he had been doing previously. ¹¹ Then these men came ^[a](E)by agreement and found Daniel offering a prayer and imploring favor before his God. ¹² Then they approached and ^(F)spoke before the king about the king’s injunction: “Did you not sign an injunction that any person who offers a prayer to any god or person besides you, O king, for thirty days, is to be thrown into the lions’ den?” The king replied, “The statement is true, according to the ^(G)law of the Medes and Persians, which ^[b]may not be revoked.” ¹³ Then they responded and spoke before the king, “^(H)Daniel, who is one of the ^[c]exiles from Judah, pays ^(I)no attention to you, O king, or to the injunction which you signed, but keeps offering his prayer three times a day.”

¹⁴ Then, as soon as the king heard this statement, he was deeply ^(J)distressed, and set his mind on rescuing Daniel; and until sunset he kept exerting himself to save him. ¹⁵ Then these men came ^[d]by agreement to the king and said to the king, “Recognize, O king, that it is a ^(K)law of the Medes and Persians that no injunction or statute which the king establishes may be changed.”