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TEKEL, you have been weighed on the scales and found wanting; (Daniel 5, 27)
PARSIN, your kingdom has been divided and given to the Medes and the Persians." (Daniel 5, 28)
On Belshazzar's order, Daniel was clothed in purple, given a gold chain to wear around his neck, and proclaimed the third highest ruler in the kingdom. (Daniel 5, 29)
Because of the extraordinary spirit residing in him, Daniel excelled above all the other administrators and satraps, so that the king planned to give him authority over the entire kingdom. (Daniel 6, 3)
This provoked envy among the administrators and satraps, who tried to find grounds for filing charges against Daniel as regard his performance of official duties. But he was so trustworthy that neither corruption nor negligence could be found in him. (Daniel 6, 4)
Finally the men decided: "We will never find any grounds for charges against this man Daniel except in something that has to do with the law of his God." (Daniel 6, 5)
These administrators and satraps, therefore, went as a group to the king and said to him, "Live forever, O King Darius! (Daniel 6, 6)
The administrators of the kingdom, the prefects, satraps, counselors and governors are all agreed that the king should issue and enforce a decree that anyone who prays and makes petition to any god or man within the next thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be thrown into the lions' den. (Daniel 6, 7)
Daniel heard about the new law, but just as usual, he returned home and prayed three times a day, giving thanks to his God, in his room upstairs with the windows opened towards Jerusalem. (Daniel 6, 10)
So they went to the king and reminded him about the prohibition, "O king, did you not publish a decree that anyone who prays or makes petition to any god or man except to you would be thrown into the lions' den?" The king answered, "Yes, and the decree stands, in accordance with Medo-Persian laws which cannot be altered or annulled." (Daniel 6, 12)
Then they said, "But the Jewish exile Daniel pays no attention to you and to your decree. Three times a day he still prays to some god other than you." (Daniel 6, 13)
A stone was placed at the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with that of his nobles, so that Daniel's situation might remain unchanged. (Daniel 6, 17)
