Fondare 2053 Risultati per: King Solomon
and went off to remind the king of his edict. Had not a law been enacted, prayer there should be none to god or man those thirty days following, save to the king; and that on pain of the lions? Law it is, said he, and law of the Medes and Persians there is no amending. (Daniel 6, 12)
Why then, they asked the king, what of Daniel, Daniel the Jewish exile, that for law and edict cares nothing? Three times a day he offers his God prayer. (Daniel 6, 13)
Pitiful hearing was this for the king’s ear; to save Daniel was all his thought, and to that end he laboured till set of sun; (Daniel 6, 14)
but the trap they had devised was too crafty for him, and ever they put him in mind there was no help for it. By the law Medes and Persians use, let the king once make a decree, there is no amending it. (Daniel 6, 15)
At last the king gave orders Daniel should be sent for and shut up in the lion-pit; So faithful a servant, he told him, thy God must needs deliver. (Daniel 6, 16)
And with that, a stone was brought and set down at the pit’s entrance, which the king sealed and his nobles both; there should be no interfering with Daniel. (Daniel 6, 17)
Home went the king, and supperless to bed; he would have no food brought him, and sleep he could not. (Daniel 6, 18)
With the first light of day, the king was up and stirring; to the lion-pit he hastened, (Daniel 6, 19)
Long life to the king’s grace, Daniel answered; (Daniel 6, 21)
angel of his did his errand, and stopped the lions’ mouths. What harm should they do me, one that my God sees guiltless? And for thyself, lord king, nought did I to earn thy displeasure. (Daniel 6, 22)
Right glad the king was to learn of Daniel’s safety; be sure he gave orders they should bring Daniel up out of the pit, and out of the pit they brought him, unscathed from head to foot; such reward they have that trust in God. (Daniel 6, 23)
Thereupon, at the king’s bidding, they fetched his accusers, and thrust them into the lion-pit, their wives and children with them. But these never reached the floor of it, so quickly the lions fell upon them, and broke all the bones of them to nothing.✻ (Daniel 6, 24)
