Daniel 6:14

14 Ouvindo então o rei a notícia, ficou muito penalizado, e a favor de Daniel propôs dentro do seu coração livrá-lo; e até o pôr do sol trabalhou para o salvar.

Daniel 6:14 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 6:14

Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased
with himself
Or "at it" ^F5; or "with him"; with Daniel, not so much for what he had done, but that he had not done it with more caution, or more privately, that it might not have been known: or rather, as we render it, "with himself", that he should so rashly sign the decree, without considering the consequences of it; for he now found that he was circumvented by his princes, and that their design was not his honour and glory, but the destruction of Daniel: or the sense in general is, that what he heard was very disagreeable, afflictive, and distressing to him: and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him;
he resolved, if possible, to do it; he applied his mind to it; he turned his thoughts wholly that way, and contrived all ways and means to effect it: R. Mattathiah, in Saadiah, interprets the phrase of his offering money as a ransom for his life: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to save him;
from the will of the princes, and from the jaws of the lions: very probably it was early in the morning these princes found Daniel at prayer, who went immediately to the king with their accusation; so that he was all day labouring with all his might and main to find out ways and means to save his darling favourite; he studied to put such a sense upon his decree, that it might not reach Daniel's case; he strove to make the princes easy, and to persuade them to drop the affair, and not insist on the execution of the decree.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 (yhwle) "super eo", Montanus; "super ipsum", De Dieu.

Daniel 6:14 In-Context

12 Depois se foram � presença do rei e lhe perguntaram no tocante ao interdito real: Porventura não assinaste um interdito pelo qual todo homem que fizesse uma petição a qualquer deus, ou a qualquer homem por espaço de trinta dias, exceto a ti, ó rei, fosse lançado na cova dos leões? Respondeu o rei, e disse: Esta palavra é certa, conforme a lei dos medos e dos persas, que não se pode revogar.

13 Então responderam ao rei, dizendo-lhe Esse Daniel, que é dos exilados de Judá, e não tem feito caso de ti, ó rei, nem do interdito que assinaste; antes três vezes por dia faz a sua oração.

14 Ouvindo então o rei a notícia, ficou muito penalizado, e a favor de Daniel propôs dentro do seu coração livrá-lo; e até o pôr do sol trabalhou para o salvar.

15 Nisso aqueles homens foram juntos ao rei, e lhe disseram: Sabe, ó rei, que é lei dos medos e persas que nenhum interdito ou decreto que o rei estabelecer, se pode mudar.

16 Então o rei deu ordem, e trouxeram Daniel, e o lançaram na cova dos leões. Ora, disse o rei a Daniel: O teu Deus, a quem tu continuamente serves, ele te livrará.