'Lower' in the Bible

And after thee doth rise up another kingdom lower than those, and another third kingdom of brass, that doth rule overall the earth.

And the king hath said, and they have brought those men who had accused Daniel, and to the den of lions they have cast them, they, their sons, and their wives; and they have not come to the lower part of the den till that the lions have power over them, and all their bones they have broken small.