²⁷ And the ^(A)satraps, the prefects, the governors, and ^(B)the king's counselors gathered together and saw that ^(C)the fire had not had any power over the bodies of those men. The hair of their heads was not singed, their ^(D)cloaks were not harmed, and no smell of fire had come upon them.

Daniel and the Lions' Den

6 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom ^(A)120 ^(B)satraps, to be throughout the whole kingdom; ² and over them ^(C)three high officials, of whom Daniel was one, to whom these ^(D)satraps should give account, so that the king might suffer no loss.

³ Then this Daniel became ^(A)distinguished above all ^(B)the other high officials and ^(C)satraps, because ^(D)an excellent spirit was in him. And the king planned ^(E)to set him over the whole kingdom. ⁴ Then ^(F)the high officials and ^(G)the satraps ^(H)sought to find a ground for complaint against Daniel with regard to the kingdom, ^(I)but they could find no ground for complaint or any fault, because he was faithful, ^(J)and no error or fault was found in him.

⁶ Then these ^(A)high officials and ^(B)satraps came by agreement^[a] to the king and said to him, “O ^(C)King Darius, live forever! ⁷ All the ^(D)high officials of the kingdom, the prefects and the satraps, the ^(E)counselors and the governors are agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce an ^(F)injunction, that whoever makes petition to any god or man for thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.

^36 (A)They also delivered the king's commissions to the king's ^(B)satraps^[a] and to the governors of the province Beyond the River, and they aided the people and the house of God.