Daniel 6:7

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Summary

All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellers, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.

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Daniel 6:2

Daniel 3:2

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He shall

Daniel 3:6

Psalm 10:9

Nahum 2:12

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Acts 12:22

Bible References

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Over them would be three supervisors, one of whom was Daniel. These satraps were accountable to them, so that the king's interests might not incur damage.

Then King Nebuchadnezzar sent out a summons to assemble the satraps, prefects, governors, counselors, treasurers, judges, magistrates, and all the other authorities of the province to attend the dedication of the statue that he had erected.

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The kings of the earth form a united front; the rulers collaborate against the Lord and his anointed king.

For look, they wait to ambush me; powerful men stalk me, but not because I have rebelled or sinned, O Lord.

They spend all their time planning how to bring him down. They love to use deceit; they pronounce blessings with their mouths, but inwardly they utter curses. (Selah)

A song, a psalm of Asaph. O God, do not be silent! Do not ignore us! Do not be inactive, O God!

Cruel rulers are not your allies, those who make oppressive laws.

My people, recall how King Balak of Moab planned to harm you, how Balaam son of Beor responded to him. Recall how you journeyed from Shittim to Gilgal, so you might acknowledge that the Lord has treated you fairly."

But the Pharisees went out and plotted against him, as to how they could assassinate him.

They planned to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

Early in the morning, after forming a plan, the chief priests with the elders and the experts in the law and the whole Sanhedrin tied Jesus up, led him away, and handed him over to Pilate.

So the chief priests planned to kill Lazarus too,

On the next day, their rulers, elders, and experts in the law came together in Jerusalem.

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Whoever does not bow down and pay homage will immediately be thrown into the midst of a furnace of blazing fire!"

He lies in ambush in a hidden place, like a lion in a thicket; he lies in ambush, waiting to catch the oppressed; he catches the oppressed by pulling in his net.

The lion tore apart as much prey as his cubs needed and strangled prey to provide food for his lionesses; he filled his lairs with prey and his dens with torn flesh.

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But the crowd began to shout, "The voice of a god, and not of a man!"