Daniel 6:16-26 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 6:18

Then the king went to his palace. and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep went from him. In the Massoretic text one of the clauses, "Neither were instruments of music brought before him," has caused great difficulty. The word daḥvan , translated "instruments of music," is rendered by Furst, "dancing-girl; "Gesenius, "concubine; "Rosenmuller renders, "odours." The Mediaeval Greek Version translates, "instruments of music." Furst... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 6:19-20

Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste unto the den of lions. And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Darnel O Daniel servant of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions? "Very early" is really "the glimmer of day;" ( shapharpara' ) . The word used occurs in the Targums. It may, however, be doubted whether the word here is not the Syriac ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 6:19-28

The tables turned. If human law and human authority are impotent to save an innocent man from death, the unseen but supreme Monarch will appear upon the scene, and will vindicate the cause of injured innocence. The calculations of human sagacity often prove false. Otto factor is omitted, which entirely vitiates the result. Just as the ruffian is about to seize his prize, a judicial hand is laid upon him, and completely defeats his project. The victor is vanquished; the biter bitten. I. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 6:21-22

Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt. The Syriac construction, malleel ‛im , is to be observed. The rendering of the LXX . differs from the Massoretic text in a way that can scarcely be due to differences merely of reading, "Then Daniel called with a loud voice and said O king, I... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 6:22

Angel-ministration. "My God hath sent his angel" ( Daniel 6:22 ). "Are they not all ministering spirits?" ( Hebrews 1:14 ). The text in Daniel suggests the whole doctrine of angel-ministration. That imperilled life guarded by a sentinel from heaven is no solitary spectacle. It has many parallels. There had been the ministration of angels before, as there has been a thousand times since. We cannot help looking upon the scene with memories charged with all that has been revealed of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 6:23

Then was the king exceeding glad for him, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no manner of hurt was found upon him, because he believed in his God. The verse that occupies the same place in the Septuagint is not a translation of the present verse at all, but looks as if it had been a sentence in the original longer documents which followed the above Massoretic verse, "Then all the powers gathered together, and saw Daniel,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 6:24

And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them. and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den. Here the Septuagint text is superior to the Massoretic, as briefer, "Then those two men who had berne witness against Daniel, they, their wives, and their children, were east to the lions, and the lions slew them, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 6:25-27

Then King Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end. He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 6:16

Then the king commanded ... - See the note at Daniel 6:7. Some recent discoveries among the ruins of Babylon have shown that the mode of punishment by throwing offenders against the laws to lions was actually practiced there, and these discoveries may be classed among the numerous instances in which modern investigations have tended to confirm the statements in the Bible. Three interesting figures illustrating this fact may be seen in the Pictorial Bible, vol. iii. p. 232. The first of those... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 6:17

And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den - Probably a large flat stone sufficient to cover the mouth of the cave, and so heavy that Daniel could not remove it from within and escape. It was usual then, as it is now, to close up the entrance to sepulchres with a large stone. See John 11:38; Matthew 27:60. It would be natural to endeavor to secure this vault or den in the same way - on the one hand so that Daniel could not escape from within, and on the other so that none of... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 6:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 6:19-20

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 6:19-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 6:21-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 6:22

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 6:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 6:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Daniel 6:25-27

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 6:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Daniel 6:17

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