Then those officials who had gone to the king<n id="1" /> came by collusion and found Daniel praying and asking for help before his God.

So these men concluded,<n id="1" /> &#8220;We won&#8217;t find any pretext against this man Daniel unless it is<n id="2" /> in connection with the law of his God.&#8221;p>

<p class="bodytext">When Daniel realized<n id="1" /> that a written decree had been issued, he entered his home, where the windows<n id="2" /> in his upper room opened toward Jerusalem.<n id="3" /> Three<n id="4" /> times daily he was<n id="5" /> kneeling<n id="6" /> 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.p> <p class="poetry">&#8220;For he is the living God;p> <p class="poetry">he endures forever.p> <p class="poetry">His kingdom will not be destroyed;p> <p class="poetry">his authority is forever.<n id="1" />p>