13Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.
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There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego; these men, O king, have not regarded thee: they serve not thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.
Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.
Then was Daniel brought in before the king. And the king spake and said unto Daniel, Art thou that Daniel, which art of the children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my father brought out of Jewry?
And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
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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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