Daniel 6:1-9
The Plot against Daniel

1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;

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2 And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel [was] first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.

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3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit [was] in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.

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4 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he [was] faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

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5 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find [it] against him concerning the law of his God.

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6 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.

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7 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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8 Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

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9 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

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