Daniel 6:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.

And passed

And

Daniel 2:1

Esther 6:1

Psalm 77:4

General references

Job 30:31

Bible References

And passed

David therefore inquired of God for the child; and David fasted and went and lay all night on the ground.

Then Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king; and he had neither cared for his feet, nor trimmed his mustache, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came home in peace.

It came about when Ahab heard these words, that he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and fasted, and he lay in sackcloth and went about despondently.

“They sing to the timbrel and harp
And rejoice at the sound of the flute.

Upon the

willows in the midst of it

We hung our harps.

Also, I collected for myself silver and gold and the treasure of kings and provinces. I provided for myself male and female singers and the pleasures of men—many concubines.

The gaiety of tambourines ceases,
The noise of revelers stops,
The gaiety of the harp ceases.

Those who recline on beds of ivory
And sprawl on their couches,
And eat lambs from the flock
And calves from the midst of the stall,

So Jonah arose and went to Nineveh according to the word of the Lord. Now Nineveh was an exceedingly great city, a three days’ walk.

And the sound of harpists and musicians and flute-players and trumpeters will not be heard in you any longer; and no craftsman of any craft will be found in you any longer; and the sound of a mill will not be heard in you any longer;

And

Now in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, Nebuchadnezzar

had dreams; and his spirit was troubled and his sleep left him.

During that night the king could not sleep so he gave an order to bring the book of records, the chronicles, and they were read before the king.

You have held my eyelids open;
I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

General references

“Therefore my harp is turned to mourning,
And my flute to the sound of those who weep.