¹¹ Then these men came ^[a](A)by agreement and found Daniel offering a prayer and imploring favor before his God. ¹² Then they approached and ^(B)spoke before the king about the king’s injunction: “Did you not sign an injunction that any person who offers a prayer to any god or person besides you, O king, for thirty days, is to be thrown into the lions’ den?” The king replied, “The statement is true, according to the ^(C)law of the Medes and Persians, which ^[b]may not be revoked.” ¹³ Then they responded and spoke before the king, “^(D)Daniel, who is one of the ^[c]exiles from Judah, pays ^(E)no attention to you, O king, or to the injunction which you signed, but keeps offering his prayer three times a day.”