Then those officials who had gone to the king came by collusion and found Daniel praying and asking for help before his God.

So these men concluded, “We won’t find any pretext against this man Daniel unless it is in connection with the law of his God.”

When Daniel realized that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem. Three times daily he was kneeling and offering prayers and thanks to his God just as he had been accustomed to do previously.

I have issued an edict that throughout all the dominion of my kingdom people are to revere and fear the God of Daniel. “For he is the living God; he endures forever. His kingdom will not be destroyed; his authority is forever.