Then was the king exceeding glad for him
For Daniel, because of his safety, because he was alive, and in
health, and unhurt; and the speech he made was very acceptable to
him, agreeable to his sentiments, and which he was satisfied was
just and true: or "with", or "for himself" F12; being
now eased of a guilty and distracted conscience: and
commanded that they should take Daniel up out of the
den;
that is, he ordered those that were with him, his servants that
attended him, either to roll away the stone, and so let him out;
or to let down ropes, and draw him out, or ladders by which he
might ascend; for one would think it would not have been safe for
them to have gone down into it, to take him up: these orders the
king gave without the consent of his lords, being animated to it
by the miracle wrought: so Daniel was taken up out of the
den, and no manner of hurt was found
upon him;
no bruise by throwing him into the den, no wound was made by the
lions, or his flesh in the least torn by them: because he
believed in his God;
served and worshipped him; of which service and worship faith is
a particular branch, and is put for the whole, and without which
it is not pleasing and acceptable to God; he trusted the Lord, he
committed himself to his power and providence; he left himself
wholly in the hands of the Lord, to dispose of him, whether for
life or death, as he pleased; he believed he was able to deliver
him, but he was not anxious about it: for this seems not to
design any particular act of faith, with respect to this miracle
wrought for him, but his general trust and confidence in God; and
the apostle seems to have reference to this, when among other
things he ascribes to faith the stopping of the mouths of lions,
( Hebrews
11:33 ) .
F12 (yhwle) "apud se", Piscator; "apud illum", Michaelis.