“Then at daybreak,
The king got up.
He hurried
To the den of lions.
When he came near
The den,
Where Daniel was,
He cried out anxiously
To Daniel.
‘O Daniel!
Servant of the living God!
Has your God,
Whom you faithfully serve,
Been able
To deliver you
From the lions?’”
The next morning, the king got up at the crack of dawn. He hurried to the to the lions’ den, where Daniel was. He then cried out to Daniel, as he called him the servant of the living God. He wanted to know if his God, whom he faithfully served, had saved him from the lions overnight. This story of Daniel in the lions’ den was probably based on a classic Babylonian folk-tale. However, the overlay of the God of Daniel was unique.
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