{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_sep_dat006_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_sep_dat006_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_sep_dat006_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/sep/dat006.htm","summary":"This is Daniel chapter 6 in Greek, from the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew Bible), belonging to the apocalyptic/court-tale tradition of Jewish scripture. The narrative recounts how Daniel, a Jewish exile appointed by the Median king Darius to a senior administrative role, is targeted by jealous officials who manipulate the king into issuing an edict forbidding prayer to anyone except the king for thirty days, under penalty of being thrown to the lions. Daniel openly continues his thrice-daily prayers toward Jerusalem, is reported and condemned, and the king \u2014 portrayed as genuinely reluctant and fond of Daniel \u2014 has him cast into the lions' den while expressing hope that Daniel's God will save him. God sends an angel to shut the lions' mouths, Daniel emerges unharmed, and his accusers along with their families are immediately devoured when thrown in. The episode closes with Darius issuing a royal decree commanding reverence for Daniel's God throughout his empire, praising him as the living God whose kingdom endures forever. The text is distinctive for its sympathetic portrayal of a pagan king, its emphasis on Daniel's blameless integrity as the basis of divine protection, and its universalist conclusion in which a gentile monarch becomes a vehicle for proclaiming the God of Israel.","tags":["Book of Amos","Greek Old Testament","Septuagint"],"text":null,"title":"Septuagint: Daniel Th: Daniel Th Chapter 6","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":804}