Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
The decree
And they
Bible References
The decree
Daniel 6:9
For this reason King Darius put his name on the writing and the order.
Esther 3:12
Then on the thirteenth day of the first month, the king's scribes were sent for, and they put in writing Haman's orders to all the king's captains and the rulers of every division of his kingdom and the chiefs of every people: for every division of the kingdom in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in the language which was theirs; it was signed in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with the king's ring.
Psalm 94:20
What part with you has the seat of sin, which makes evil into a law?
Proverbs 28:15
Like a loud-voiced lion and a wandering bear, is an evil ruler over a poor people.
Isaiah 10:1
Cursed are those who make evil decisions, and the writers who make the records of their cruel acts:
And they
Daniel 1:19
And the king had talk with them; and among them all there was no one like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah; so they were given places before the king.
Daniel 6:12
Then they came near before the king and said, O King, have you not put your name to an order that any man who makes a request to any god or man but you, O King, for thirty days, is to be put into the lions' hole? The king made answer and said, The thing is fixed by the law of the Medes and Persians which may not come to an end.