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Then in a night vision the mystery was revealed to Daniel. So Daniel praised ¹  the God of heaven,

So Daniel was brought in before the king. The king said to Daniel, “Are you that Daniel who is one of the captives of Judah, whom my father the king brought from Judah?

And at Daniel’s request, the king ¹  appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the administration of the province of Babylon. Daniel himself served in the king’s court. ² 

from the descendants of Phinehas, Gershom; from the descendants of Ithamar, Daniel; from the descendants of David, Hattush

Then God made the overseer of the court officials sympathetic to Daniel. ¹ 

Now Daniel lived on until the first ¹  year of Cyrus the king.

Then Daniel spoke to ¹  the king, “O king, live forever!

So this Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and ¹  the reign of Cyrus the Persian.

In those days I, Daniel, was mourning for three whole weeks. ¹ 

Daniel then spoke to the warden ¹  whom the overseer of the court officials had appointed over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah:

As he approached the den, he called out to Daniel in a worried voice, ¹  “Daniel, servant of the living God, was your God whom you continually serve able to rescue you from the lions?”

Look, you are wiser than Daniel; ¹  no secret is hidden from you. ² 

As it turned out, ¹  among these young men ²  were some from Judah: ³  Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. ⁴ 

Then Daniel went to his home and informed his friends Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah of the matter.

Then those officials who had gone to the king ¹  came by collusion and found Daniel praying and asking for help before his God.

“As for me, Daniel, my spirit was distressed, ¹  and the visions of my mind ²  were alarming me.

So the king gave the order, ¹  and Daniel was brought and thrown into a den ²  of lions. The king consoled ³  Daniel by saying, “Your God whom you continually serve will rescue you!”

Then the king was delighted and gave an order to haul Daniel up from the den. So Daniel was hauled up out of the den. He had no injury of any kind, because he had trusted in his God.

Now as for these four young men, God endowed them with knowledge and skill in all sorts of literature and wisdom – and Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.