11Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God.
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The wicked watcheth the righteous, and seeketh to slay him. …
He lieth in wait secretly as a lion in his den: he lieth in wait to catch the poor: he doth catch the poor, when he draweth him into his net.
Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 11-17)Here is 1. Proof made of Daniel’s praying to his God, notwithstanding the late edict to the contrary (Dan. 6:11): These men assembled ; the came tumultuously together , so the word is, the same that was used Dan. 6:6; borrowed from Ps. 2:1; Why do the heathen rage ? They came together to visit Daniel, perhaps under pretence of business, at that time which they knew to be his usual hour of devotion…
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