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It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred twenty local governors, who should be throughout the whole kingdom; See also: Exodus 18:21-22Daniel 5:31Esther 1:1and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; that these local governors might give account to them, and that the king should suffer no loss. See also: Esther 7:4Daniel 5:29Ezra 4:22Then this Daniel was distinguished above the presidents and the local governors, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. See also: Daniel 5:14Genesis 41:38-41Proverbs 22:29Then the presidents and the local governors sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion or fault, because he was faithful. There wasn’t any error or fault found in him. See also: 1 Peter 3:16Philippians 2:151 Peter 2:12Then these men said, “We won’t find any occasion against this Daniel, unless we find it against him concerning the law of his God.” See also: Acts 24:13-16Acts 24:20-21Esther 3:8Then these presidents and local governors assembled together to the king, and said this to him, “King Darius, live forever! See also: Daniel 2:4Nehemiah 2:3Daniel 6:21All the presidents of the kingdom, the deputies and the local governors, the counselors and the governors, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a strong decree, that whoever asks a petition of any god or man for thirty days, except of you, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions. See also: Psalms 59:3Psalms 83:1-3Daniel 3:2Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it not be changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn’t alter.” See also: Daniel 6:15Esther 1:19Daniel 6:12Therefore King Darius signed the writing and the decree. See also: Psalms 118:9Psalms 146:3Psalms 62:9-10When Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his room toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did before. See also: Acts 5:29Psalms 55:171 Thessalonians 5:17-18Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God. See also: Psalms 37:32-33Psalms 10:9Daniel 6:6Then they came near, and spoke before the king concerning the king’s decree: “Haven’t you signed a decree that every man who makes a petition to any god or man within thirty days, except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?” The king answered, “This thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which doesn’t alter.” See also: Daniel 6:8Daniel 3:8-12Esther 1:19Then they answered and said before the king, “That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, doesn’t respect you, O king, nor the decree that you have signed, but makes his petition three times a day.” See also: Daniel 3:12Acts 5:29Daniel 2:25Then the king, when he heard these words, was very displeased, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him; and he labored until the going down of the sun to rescue him. See also: Mark 6:26Matthew 27:17-24Luke 23:13-21Then these men assembled together to the king, and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians, that no decree nor statute which the king establishes may be changed.” See also: Daniel 6:12Esther 8:8Daniel 6:8Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Your God whom you serve continually, he will deliver you.” See also: Psalms 37:39-40Job 5:19Psalms 91:14-16A stone was brought, and laid on the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords, that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel. See also: Lamentations 3:53Acts 12:4Matthew 27:60-66Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting. No musical instruments were brought before him; and his sleep fled from him. See also: Esther 6:1Daniel 2:12 Samuel 12:16-17Then the king arose very early in the morning, and went in haste to the den of lions. See also: 1 Thessalonians 3:5Matthew 28:12 Corinthians 2:13When he came near to Daniel in the den, he cried with a troubled voice. The king spoke and said to Daniel, “Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions?” See also: Hebrews 7:251 Chronicles 16:11Daniel 6:27Then Daniel said to the king, “O king, live forever! See also: Daniel 2:4Daniel 6:6Nehemiah 2:3My God has sent his angel, and has shut the lions’ mouths, and they have not hurt me; because I am innocent in his sight. Also before you, O king, I have done no harm.” See also: 2 Timothy 4:17Hebrews 11:33Psalms 91:11-13Then the king was exceedingly glad, and commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the den. So Daniel was taken up out of the den, and no kind of harm was found on him, because he had trusted in his God. See also: 1 Chronicles 5:20Daniel 3:27-28Daniel 3:25The king commanded, and they brought those men who had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions—them, their children, and their wives; and the lions mauled them and broke all their bones in pieces before they came to the bottom of the den. See also: Isaiah 38:13Esther 7:10Psalms 54:5Then King Darius wrote to all the peoples, nations, and languages, who dwell in all the earth: “Peace be multiplied to you. See also: Daniel 4:1Ezra 1:1-2Esther 3:12“I make a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel; “for he is the living God, and steadfast forever. His kingdom is that which will not be destroyed. His dominion will be even to the end. See also: Daniel 4:34Luke 1:33Daniel 7:14He delivers and rescues. He works signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who has delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.” See also: Daniel 4:2-3Psalms 97:10Psalms 18:50So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian. See also: Daniel 1:212 Chronicles 36:22Isaiah 44:28
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Notes in English 19th-century Catholic commentary by Fr. George Leo Haydock, shown as published.
These notes keep the polemics of their time: some speak harshly of the Jewish people or of other Christians. The Church teaches otherwise today. The Jewish people may not be blamed for the death of Christ (Nostra Aetate 4; Catechism 597–598), and Christians of other communities are our brothers and sisters in the Lord (Unitatis Redintegratio 3). Christian unity
Daniel 6:1
Ver. 1. Kingdom. Josephus, &c. say Darius had returned into Media, where he made these regulations. But if this did not take place at Babylon, it would be rather at Susa. C. viii.
Josephus counts 300 or 360 governments, though when the monarchy was increased there were only 127. Est. i. C. --- He may therefore speak here of large towns, which had each a magistrate.
Such regulations easily vary. H. --- Darius acts as master of the whole empire.
↑ 1Daniel 6:3
Ver. 3. Princes. Th. "regulators." Chal. sacecin, (H.) may be put for (C.) scranim, (H.) the usual title (C.) of the highest officers, the surenas of Persia.
Ammian 30.
↑ 3Daniel 6:4
Ver. 4. Kingdom, as prime minister, to whom the three princes should be accountable, as the inferior governors where to them. H. ---The king was now advanced in years, and wished to ease himself of part of the burden, (C.) as he could entirely confide in Daniel. H. --- He reigned only one year. C. xiii. 65. W.
--- King. Chal. "kingdom," (H.) to accuse him of treason, (Grot.) or to get him removed. C. --- This is an old and malignant trick, to call religion treason, and to get laws made for that purpose. W. --- In him a great proof of integrity! M.
↑ 4Daniel 6:6
Ver. 6. Craftily. Chal. "came tumultuously to," &c. C. --- They hoped thus to convince the king, as they were so unanimous. He would not perceive the drift of their petition, and was flattered with the idea of being like a god. Daniel was not consulted, though on other occasions the king reposed such confidence in him, as the deputies so impudently asserted that the wish was universal! So easily are princes deceived! H.
↑ 6Daniel 6:8
Ver. 8. It, when it is confirmed both by the king and his nobility. Est. viii. 8.
↑ 8Daniel 6:9
Ver. 9. It. Nabuchodonosor of Babylon, and of Ninive, had both pretended to be gods; (C. iii. 15.
Judith vi. 29. C.) and Curtius (8.) remarks, "that the Persians follow the dictates of prudence as well as of piety, in worshipping their kings among the gods, the majesty of empire being its best protection." H.
↑ 9Daniel 6:10
Ver. 10. Before. He did not open the windows that he might be seen, as that would have been rashness; nor did many perceive what he was doing, (v. 11.
W.) as it was in an upper room, but only those who rushed in. H. --- It was the usual practice of the Jews, (C.) to pray turning towards the temple, as Solomon had directed, (3 K. viii. 48. S. Jer. in Ezec. viii. 16.) though it was now in ashes. H. --- Daniel observed the third, sixth, and ninth hours, as the Church still does. Acts ii. 15. and x. 9. S. Jer.
↑ 10Daniel 6:11
Ver. 11. Carefully. Chal. "came in a tumultuous manner." as v. 6. & 15. C.
↑ 11Daniel 6:15
Ver. 15. Perceiving. Chal. "assembled," (Prot. H.) or "came quickly in a body."
C.
↑ 15Daniel 6:17
Ver. 17. Own ring, that none of his enemies might injure Daniel. The nobles also affixed their seal, (H.) that the king might not liberate him. M. --- All this shews that aristocracy was mixed with the monarchical form of government.
Nothing of importance is done without the nobles.
↑ 17Daniel 6:18
Ver. 18. Meat. Chal. "music," (C.) or "incense." De Dieu. --- He was tired of his godship, to which he had unguardedly opened his heart. v. 6. H.
↑ 18Daniel 6:22
Ver. 22. Offence, as I neglected thy decree to obey a higher Master. C. --- The king had sense enough to approve of this distinction. H.
↑ 22Daniel 6:23
Ver. 23. Believed, or trusted. C. --- S. Paul alludes to this miracle. Heb. xi. 33. W.
↑ 23Daniel 6:24
Ver. 24. Accused. They were punished as false witnesses; (C.) and the king justly made them suffer what they would have inflicted on the innocent, being convinced that Daniel had only acted according to his devotion. W. --- These wretches deserved to perish, though they had spoken nothing but the truth. H.
--- Wives. Many examples of such punishments occur, (C.) as it was presumed that children and wives were infected by the bad example, and would imitiate it, (Jun.) if they had not concurred already. M. --- This must have been the case, to make it just. H. See Jos. vii. --- Abominandœ leges, says Ammianus, (23) speaking of the customs of Persia, per quas ob noxam unius omnis propinquitas perit. C.
↑ 24License: Notes by Fr. George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), from the Douay-Rheims Bible with Haydock's commentary (first ed. Thomas Haydock, Manchester/Dublin, 1811–1814; New York: Edward Dunigan & Brother, 1859); New Testament notes compiled with Fr. Benedict Rayment. Public domain. Digital text: "The Haydock Bible", Internet Archive (archive.org/details/TheHaydockBible), uploaded 2011 under the Public Domain Mark. · Credits and licenses