Daniel 6:13

13 —Ellos respondieron: —¡Pues Daniel, que es uno de los exiliados de Judá, no toma en cuenta a Su Majestad ni el decreto que ha promulgado! ¡Todavía 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 Cuando aquellos hombres llegaron y encontraron a Daniel orando e implorando la ayuda de Dios,

12 fueron a hablar con el rey respecto al decreto real:—¿No es verdad que Su Majestad publicó un decreto? Según entendemos, todo el que en los próximos treinta días adore a otro dios u hombre que no sea Su Majestad, será arrojado al foso de los leones.—El decreto sigue en pie —contestó el rey—. Según la ley de los medos y los persas, no puede ser derogado.

13 —Ellos respondieron: —¡Pues Daniel, que es uno de los exiliados de Judá, no toma en cuenta a Su Majestad ni el decreto que ha promulgado! ¡Todavía sigue orando a su Dios tres veces al día!

14 Cuando el rey escuchó esto, se deprimió mucho y se propuso salvar a Daniel, así que durante todo el día buscó la forma de salvarlo.

15 Pero aquellos hombres fueron a ver al rey y lo presionaron:—No olvide Su Majestad que, según la ley de los medos y los persas, ningún decreto ni edicto emitido por el rey puede ser derogado.