Daniel 6:19

19 Then the king got up at daybreak, at first light, and he went {in haste} to {the lion pit}.

Daniel 6:19 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 6:19

Then the king arose very early in the morning
Or, "in the morning with light" ^F9 as soon as ever light appeared, or the day broke: the word for morning is doubled, and one of the letters in it is larger than usual; and all which denote not only his very great earliness in rising, but his earnestness and solicitude for Daniel, to know whether he was alive or not: and went in haste unto the den of lions;
he did not send a servant, but went in person, and with as much expedition as possible, though a king, and an old man; this shows the great love and strong affection he had for Daniel, and his concern for his good and welfare.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 (ahgnb-arprpvb) "summa aurora cum luce", Junius & Tremellius; "in tempore aurorae cum luce", Piscator.

Daniel 6:19 In-Context

17 And a stone was brought and it was put on the entrance of the pit, and the king sealed it with his signet [ring] and with the signet [rings] of his lords, so that nothing would be changed concerning Daniel.

18 Then the king went to his palace and spent the night in fasting, and no food was brought in before him and his sleep fled from him.

19 Then the king got up at daybreak, at first light, and he went {in haste} to {the lion pit}.

20 And {when he came near} to the pit, he cried out to Daniel with [a] distressed voice, [and] the king {spoke} and said to Daniel, "O Daniel, servant of the living God, your God whom you serve faithfully, was he able to rescue you from the lions?"

21 Then Daniel spoke to the king, "O king, live {forever}!

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "to hasten"
• [b]. Literally "pit of lions"