Daniel 6:16

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!”

2Sa 3:39; Job 5:19; Ps 37:39,40; Ps 91:14-16; Ps 118:8,9; Pr 29:25; Isa 43:2; Jer 26:14; Jer 38:5; Da 3:15,17,28; Da 6:20; Mt 14:8-10; Mt 27:23-26; Mr 6:25-28; Mr 15:14,15; Joh 19:12-16; Ac 24:27; Ac 25:9,11; Ac 27:23,24; Ro 13:3

¹ tn Aram “said.” So also in vv. 24, 25.

² sn The den was perhaps a pit below ground level which could be safely observed from above.

³ tn Aram “answered and said [to Daniel].”