And at Daniel&#8217;s request, the king<n id="1" /> appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego over the administration of the province of Babylon. Daniel himself served in the king&#8217;s court.<n id="2" />p>

So Daniel went in and<n id="1" /> requested the king to grant him time, that he might disclose the interpretation to the king.

<p class="bodytext">So this Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and<n id="1" /> the reign of Cyrus the Persian.p>

Now as for these four young men, God endowed them with knowledge and skill in all sorts of literature and wisdom &#8211; and Daniel had insight into all kinds of visions and dreams.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.