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When they reached the king, they said,"Hand Daniel over to us! If you don''t, we''ll kill you and your family!"
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The king saw that he was in a bind and was forced to hand Daniel over to them.
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They threw Daniel into a pit of lions. He was there six days.
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There were seven lions in the pit. Usually they were fed two bodies and two sheep daily, but now they were fed nothing so that they would devour Daniel.
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At the same time, the prophet Habakkuk was in Judah. He had boiled a stew, put some bread in a bowl, and was carrying it to the people harvesting the field.