Editing Book of Daniel (section)

=== Daniel in the lions' den (chapter 6) ===
[[File:Daniel's Answer to the King, by Briton Riviere, GMIII MCAG 1937 123-001.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|''Daniel's Answer to the King'' by [[Briton Rivière]] (1892)]]

{{Main|Daniel in the lions' den}}
Darius elevates Daniel to high office, exciting the jealousy of other officials. Knowing of Daniel's devotion to his God, his enemies trick the king into issuing an edict forbidding worship of any other god or man for a 30-day period. Daniel continues [[Jewish prayer|to pray three times a day]] to God towards Jerusalem; he is accused and King Darius, forced by his own decree, throws Daniel into the lions' den. But God shuts up the mouths of the lions, and the next morning Darius rejoices to find him unharmed. The king casts Daniel's accusers into the lions' pit together with their wives and children to be instantly devoured, while he himself acknowledges Daniel's God as he whose kingdom shall never be destroyed.{{sfn|Levine|2010|pp=1245–1247}}