Dan 6:14-18 | ESV | STEP | Then the king , when he heard these words , was much distressed and set his mind to deliver Daniel . And he labored till the sun went down to rescue him.

a[Matt. 14:9; Mark 6:26]

b[Matt. 14:9; Mark 6:26]

c[See ver. 12 above]

e[Acts 27:23]

f[Lam. 3:53]

g Matt. 27:66; Rev. 20:3

h[Esth. 3:12]

i ch. 4:36; 5:1

j[Prov. 25:20]

k Esth. 6:1; [ch. 2:1]

Daniel 6:14-18

14 Then ^athe king, when he heard these words, ^bwas much distressed and set his mind to deliver Daniel. And he labored till the sun went down to rescue him. 15 Then these men came by agreement to the king and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no ^cinjunction or ordinance that the king establishes can be changed.”

16 Then the king commanded, and Daniel was brought and cast into the den of lions. The king declared ^{▼▼Aramaic answered and said; also verse 20} to Daniel, “May ^eyour God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!” 17 ^fAnd a stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, ^gand the king sealed it ^hwith his own signet and with the signet of his ⁱlords, that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel. 18 Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; ^jno diversions were brought to him, and ^ksleep fled from him.