Daniel In The Lions Den

Darius divided his kingdom into a hundred and twenty states and placed a governor in charge of each one. In order to make sure that his government was run properly, Darius put three other officials in charge of the governors. One of these officials was Daniel. And he did his work so much better than the others that the king decided to let him govern the whole kingdom.

The other men tried to find something wrong with the way Daniel did his work for the king. But they could not accuse him of anything wrong, because he was honest and faithful, and did everything he was supposed to do. And he prayed three times a day to the Lord.

Finally, they all went to the king, and told him that he should write a law forbidding anyone to pray to any god or human except the king, for the next thirty days. Everyone, without exception, who disobeys this law must be thrown into a pit of lions.

Daniel heard about the new law, but when he returned home, he went upstairs and prayed to the Lord. The men who had told the king that he should write the new law were watching Daniel, and ran back to tell the king.

The king was very upset and tried to think of a way to save Daniel, but alas, Darius ordered Daniel to be brought out and thrown into the pit of lions. A stone was rolled over the top of the pit, and sealed. All night long the king could not sleep or eat.

In the morning the king ran to the pit. He was anxious and shouted, "Daniel, was your God able to save you?" Daniel answered, "Your Majesty, I hope you live forever! My God knew that I was innocent and He sent an angel to keep the lions from eating me. I have never done anything to hurt you."

The king was relieved to hear Daniel's voice, and he gave orders for Daniel to be taken out of the pit. Daniel's faith in God had kept him from being harmed.

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