Daniel 6:22
Context6:22 My God sent his angel and closed the lions’ mouths so that they have not harmed me, because I was found to be innocent before him. Nor have I done any harm to you, O king.”
Daniel 3:29
Context3:29 I hereby decree 1 that any people, nation, or language group that blasphemes 2 the god of Shadrach, Meshach, or Abednego will be dismembered and his home reduced to rubble! For there exists no other god who can deliver in this way.”
Daniel 6:10
Context6:10 When Daniel realized 3 that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows 4 in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. 5 Three 6 times daily he was 7 kneeling 8 and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.
Daniel 3:15
Context3:15 Now if you are ready, when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, trigon, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must bow down and pay homage to the statue that I had made. If you don’t pay homage to it, you will immediately be thrown into the midst of the furnace of blazing fire. Now, who is that god who can rescue you from my power?” 9


[3:29] 1 tn Aram “from me is placed an edict.”
[3:29] 2 tn Aram “speaks negligence.”
[6:10] 2 sn In later rabbinic thought this verse was sometimes cited as a proof text for the notion that one should pray only in a house with windows. See b. Berakhot 34b.
[6:10] 3 map For the location of Jerusalem see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
[6:10] 4 sn This is apparently the only specific mention in the OT of prayer being regularly offered three times a day. The practice was probably not unique to Daniel, however.
[6:10] 5 tc Read with several medieval Hebrew