Daniel 6:12 Meaning and Explanation
“Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king’s decree; Hast thou not signed a decree, that every man that shall ask a petition of any God or man within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.”
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Read Full Chapter →The men remind the king of his decree, and he confirms it stands unchangeable.
What Does Daniel 6:12 Mean?
The conspirators approach the king and remind him of the decree he signed, repeating its terms about petitions and the lions' den. They lead him to reaffirm it, and Darius confirms that the thing is true, fixed by the unalterable law of the Medes and Persians. They secure his word before naming their target.
Their careful strategy is on full display: bind the king to his own law before revealing whom it will destroy. The king, not yet seeing the trap, walks into it with his own confirmation. The episode shows how the machinery of human authority can be turned against the innocent, and how those who plot evil often use a man's integrity, here the king's regard for his word, as the very lever of their cruelty.
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What does Daniel 6:12 mean?
The men remind the king of his decree, and he confirms it stands unchangeable.