Daniel 6:19
Daniel 6:23-24
king ......... haul ... up ........ hauled up ....... had <04430 05267 07912> [was.]
trusted <0540> [because.]
gave <0858> [and they brought.]
den ................. den ........ crushed <01358 0581 01855> [them.]
This savage act accorded with the customs of those times; contrary to the Divine law which enacted that "the fathers should not be put to death for the children, nor the children for the fathers."
children <01123> [their children.]
lions ..................... lions <0744> [the lions.]
Daniel 6:17
a stone <069 02298> [a stone.]
Daniel 6:16
king ................. king <04430> [the king.]
God <0426> [Thy God.]
Daniel 6:20
God .... God <0426> [is.]
serve <06399> [servest.]
able <03202> [able.]
Daniel 6:7
all ..................................... anyone ..... any <03606> [All.]
seemed like a good idea <03272> [have consulted.]
interdict <0633> [decree. or, interdict. he shall.]
Daniel 6:12
approached <07127> [they.]
den <01358> [the den.]
It is probable that these lions were kept for the purpose of devouring certain criminals, whom the laws might consign to that kind of death.
That <04406> [The thing.]