Daniel 6:16

16 El rey dio entonces la orden, y Daniel fue arrojado al foso de los leones. Allí el rey animaba a Daniel:—¡Que tu Dios, a quien siempre sirves, se digne salvarte!

Daniel 6:16 Meaning and Commentary

Daniel 6:16

Then the king commanded
Being overawed by his princes and fearing they would conspire against him, and stir up the people to rebel; and consulting his own credit lest he should be thought fickle and inconstant; he ordered the decree to be put in execution against Daniel, and delivered his favourite into their hands: and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the den of lions;
not the princes but proper officers employed by them: according to the additions to this book of Daniel, there were seven lions in this den, in the Apocrypha: ``And in the den there were seven lions, and they had given them every day two carcases, and two sheep: which then were not given to them, to the intent they might devour Daniel.'' (Bel 1:32) but, according to Joseph ben Gorion ^F7, there were ten, who used to devour ten sheep, and as many human bodies every day; but this day they had no food, and ate nothing, that they might be more greedy, and devour Daniel the sooner: now the king spake and said unto Daniel;
being brought into his presence, in his palace, before he was cast into the den; or at the mouth of the den whither the king accompanied him: thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee;
he calls the Lord Daniel's God, not his own, as he was not, he served other gods; yet he suggests that Daniel was right in serving him continually, in praying to him daily, the very thing for which he was cast to the lions; and expresses his confidence that his God he served would deliver him from being devoured by them; which he might conclude, from, the innocency, integrity, and faithfulness of Daniel, and from his being such a peculiar favourite of God as to be indulged with the knowledge of future things; and perhaps he might have heard of the deliverance of his three companions from the fiery furnace: though the words may be rendered, as they are by some, as a wish or prayer, "may thy God &c. deliver thee" ^F8; I cannot, I pray he would; it is my hearty desire that so it might be.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Hist. Heb. l. 1. c. 10. p. 34.
F8 (Knbzvy) "liberet te", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Grotius, Cocceius, Michaelis.

Daniel 6:16 In-Context

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.

16 El rey dio entonces la orden, y Daniel fue arrojado al foso de los leones. Allí el rey animaba a Daniel:—¡Que tu Dios, a quien siempre sirves, se digne salvarte!

17 Trajeron entonces una piedra, y con ella taparon la boca del foso. El rey lo selló con su propio anillo y con el de sus nobles para que la sentencia contra Daniel no pudiera ser cambiada.

18 Luego volvió a su palacio y pasó la noche sin comer y sin divertirse, y hasta el sueño se le fue.