6:6 So these supervisors and satraps came by collusion ³  to the king and said ⁴  to him, “O King Darius, live forever! 6:7 To all the supervisors of the kingdom, the prefects, satraps, counselors, and governors it seemed like a good idea for a royal edict to be issued and an interdict to be enforced. For the next thirty days anyone who prays ⁵  to any god or human other than you, O king, should be thrown into a den of lions. 6:8 Now let the king issue a written interdict ⁶  so that it cannot be altered, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which cannot be changed. ⁷  6:9 So King Darius issued the written interdict.

6:10 When Daniel realized ⁸  that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows ⁹  in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. ¹⁰  Three ¹¹  times daily he was ¹²  kneeling ¹³  and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously. 6:11 Then those officials who had gone to the king ¹⁴  came by collusion and found Daniel praying and asking for help before his God.