Daniel 6:13

13 Entonces le dijeron al rey:
—Ese hombre Daniel, uno de los cautivos de Judá, no hace caso a usted ni a su ley. Sigue orando a su Dios tres veces al día.

Daniel 6:13 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 6:13

Then answered they, and spake before the king
Having obtained what they desired, a ratification of the decree, they open the whole affair to him they came about: that Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah,
regardeth not thee, O king:
they call him "that Daniel"; by way of contempt; and, to make him the more despicable, represent him not only as a foreigner, but a captive, and therefore ought to have been humble and obedient, as Jacchiades observes; and a Jewish captive too, of all people the most odious; and, though he had been raised from a low estate to great honour and dignity, yet such was his ingratitude, that he made no account of the king, nor of his orders, but despised him: nor the decree that thou hast signed;
the decree concerning making any petition to God or man for a month, which was signed with the king's own hand, and was firm and stable; and of which Daniel could not be ignorant, and therefore wilfully, and in a contemptuous manner, acted contrary to it: but maketh his petition three times a day;
to whom they say not whether to God or man; but in this general way accuse him which they thought best and safest; they feared, had they mentioned his God, something might have been said in his favour to excuse him; and to aggravate the matter, they observe the frequency of his doing it, three times; so that it was not a single fact he is charged with, but what he had repeated again and again.

Daniel 6:13 In-Context

11 Entonces los funcionarios fueron juntos a la casa de Daniel y lo encontraron orando y pidiéndole a Dios que lo ayudara.

12 De manera que fueron directo al rey y le recordaron el decreto.
—¿No firmó usted una ley por la cual, durante los próximos treinta días, todo aquel que ore a quien sea, divino o humano —excepto a usted, su Majestad—, sea arrojado al foso de los leones?
—Sí —contestó el rey—, esa decisión sigue en pie; es una ley oficial de los medos y de los persas que no puede ser revocada.

13 Entonces le dijeron al rey:
—Ese hombre Daniel, uno de los cautivos de Judá, no hace caso a usted ni a su ley. Sigue orando a su Dios tres veces al día.

14 Al oír esto, el rey se angustió mucho y procuró encontrar un modo de salvar a Daniel. Pasó el resto del día buscando una manera de librarlo de ese aprieto.

15 Por la noche, los hombres volvieron a presentarse ante el rey y dijeron: «Su Majestad, usted sabe que según las leyes de los medos y los persas, ninguna ley firmada por el rey puede ser modificada».