Daniel 6:10-13 ▼

10 When Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house. The windows in its upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on his knees, prayed, and gave thanks to his God, just as he had done before .

11 Then these men went as a group and found Daniel petitioning and imploring his God.

12 So they approached the king and asked about his edict: “ Didn’t you sign an edict that for 30 days any man who petitions any god or man except you, the king, will be thrown into the lions’ den ? ” The king answered, “ As a law of the Medes and Persians, the order stands and is irrevocable .”

13 Then they replied to the king, “ Daniel, one of the Judean exiles , has ignored you, the king, and the edict you signed, for he prays three times a day.”