16Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. Now the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
But the salvation of the righteous is of the LORD: he is their strength in the time of trouble. …
He shall deliver thee in six troubles: yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Because he hath set his love upon me, therefore will I deliver him: I will set him on high, because he hath known my name. …
When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
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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