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And he could not sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/daniel/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night fasting. He refused his usual entertainment and couldn’t sleep at all that night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/daniel/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; no diversions were brought to him, and sleep fled from him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/daniel/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/daniel/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/daniel/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Now the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; and no musicians were brought before him. Also his sleep went from him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/daniel/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting, and no entertainment was brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/daniel/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then the king went off to his palace and spent the night fasting, and no entertainment was brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/daniel/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then the king went off to his palace and spent the night fasting, and no entertainment was brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/daniel/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then the king went off to his palace and spent the night fasting, and no entertainment was brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/daniel/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then the king returned to his palace and spent the night fasting; and no music or entertainment was brought before him, and he remained unable to sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/daniel/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No diversions were brought to him, and he could not sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/daniel/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No diversions were brought to him, and he could not sleep. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/daniel/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep fled from him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/daniel/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />All night long the king could not sleep. He did not eat anything, and he would not let anyone come in to entertain him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/daniel/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep fled from him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/daniel/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then the king went to his palace and spent the night without food or company. He couldn't get to sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/daniel/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Then the king returned to the palace and spent a sleepless night, without food or any form of entertainment. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/daniel/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the king retired to his palace to spend the night fasting. He enjoyed no entertainment, and he couldn't sleep.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/daniel/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/daniel/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then the king departed to his palace. But he spent the night without eating, and no diversions were brought to him. He was unable to sleep. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/daniel/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were instruments of music brought before him. And his sleep fled from him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/daniel/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep went from him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/daniel/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting. No musical instruments were brought before him; and his sleep fled from him. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/daniel/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the king has gone to his palace, and he has passed the night fasting, and dahavan have not been brought up before him, and his sleep has fled [from] off him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/daniel/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Then hath the king gone to his palace, and he hath passed the night fasting, and dahavan have not been brought up before him, and his sleep hath fled from off him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/daniel/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Then the king departed to his temple and passed the night fasting: and he brought not his concubines before him, and his sleep fled from him.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/daniel/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the king went away to his house and laid himself down without taking supper, and meat was not set before him, and even sleep departed from him. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/daniel/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the king departed into his house, and he went to bed without eating, and food was not set before him, moreover, even sleep fled from him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/daniel/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then the king returned to his palace for the night; he refused to eat and he dismissed the entertainers. Since sleep was impossible for him,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/daniel/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting; no food was brought to him, and sleep fled from him.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/daniel/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then the king went to his palace and passed the night fasting; no food was brought before him, and his sleep departed from him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/daniel/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Then the King went to his palace and he spent the night fasting, and they brought no food before him and his sleep fled from him<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/daniel/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were diversions brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/daniel/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And the king departed to his house, and lay down fasting, and they brought him no food; and his sleep departed from him. But God shut the mouths of the lions, and they not molest Daniel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/daniel/6-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/shUZJK-vYxI?start=2316" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/daniel/6.htm">Daniel in the Lions' Den</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that nothing concerning Daniel could be changed. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/116.htm" title="116: ’ĕ·ḏa·yin (Adv) -- Then, thereupon. (Aramaic) of uncertain derivation; then (of time).">Then</a> <a href="/hebrew/4430.htm" title="4430: mal·kā (N-msd) -- King. (Aramaic) corresponding to melek; a king.">the king</a> <a href="/hebrew/236.htm" title="236: ’ă·zal (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To go, go off. (Aramaic) the same as 'azal; to depart.">went</a> <a href="/hebrew/1965.htm" title="1965: lə·hê·ḵə·lêh (Prep-l:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- A palace, temple. (Aramaic) corresponding to heykal.">to his palace</a> <a href="/hebrew/956.htm" title="956: ū·ḇāṯ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To lodge over night. (Aramaic) apparent denominative from bayith; to lodge over night.">and spent the night</a> <a href="/hebrew/2908.htm" title="2908: ṭə·wāṯ (Adv) -- Hungrily. (Aramaic) from a root corresponding to tavah; hunger (as twisting).">fasting.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3809.htm" title="3809: lā- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. (Aramaic) or lah (Aramaic) (Dan. 4:32); corresponding to lo'.">No</a> <a href="/hebrew/1761.htm" title="1761: wə·ḏa·ḥă·wān (Conj-w:: N-fp) -- Perhaps a musical instrument. (Aramaic) from the equivalent of dachah; probably a musical instrument (as being struck).">entertainment</a> <a href="/hebrew/5954.htm" title="5954: han·‘êl (V-Hifil-Perf-3ms) -- (Aramaic) corresponding to alal (in the sense of thrusting oneself in), to enter; causatively, to introduce.">was brought</a> <a href="/hebrew/6925.htm" title="6925: qā·ḏā·mō·w·hî (Prep:: 3ms) -- Before. (Aramaic) or qdam (Aramaic) (Daniel 7:13); corresponding to qedem; before.">before him,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8139.htm" title="8139: wə·šin·têh (Conj-w:: N-fsc:: 3ms) -- Sleep. (Aramaic) corresponding to shehah.">and sleep</a> <a href="/hebrew/5075.htm" title="5075: nad·daṯ (V-Qal-Perf-3fs) -- To flee. (Aramaic) corresponding to nadad; to depart.">fled</a> <a href="/hebrew/5922.htm" title="5922: ‘ă·lō·w·hî (Prep:: 3ms) -- Upon, over, above. (Aramaic) corresponding to al.">from him.</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the den of lions.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/esther/6-1.htm">Esther 6:1</a></span><br />That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/21-4.htm">1 Kings 21:4</a></span><br />So Ahab went to his palace, sullen and angry because Naboth the Jezreelite had told him, “I will not give you the inheritance of my fathers.” He lay down on his bed, turned his face away, and refused to eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/77-4.htm">Psalm 77:4</a></span><br />You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/6-6.htm">Psalm 6:6</a></span><br />I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/42-3.htm">Psalm 42:3</a></span><br />My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/102-9.htm">Psalm 102:9</a></span><br />For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/12-16.htm">2 Samuel 12:16-17</a></span><br />David pleaded with God for the boy. He fasted and went into his house and spent the night lying in sackcloth on the ground. / The elders of his household stood beside him to help him up from the ground, but he was unwilling and would not eat anything with them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/28-20.htm">1 Samuel 28:20</a></span><br />Immediately Saul fell flat on the ground, terrified by the words of Samuel. And his strength was gone, because he had not eaten anything all that day and night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_kings/19-4.htm">1 Kings 19:4</a></span><br />while he himself went a day’s journey into the wilderness. He sat down under a broom tree and prayed that he might die. “I have had enough, LORD,” he said. “Take my life, for I am no better than my fathers.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jonah/3-6.htm">Jonah 3:6-7</a></span><br />When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes. / Then he issued a proclamation in Nineveh: “By the decree of the king and his nobles: Let no man or beast, herd or flock, taste anything at all. They must not eat or drink.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/27-19.htm">Matthew 27:19</a></span><br />While Pilate was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent him this message: “Have nothing to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered terribly in a dream today because of Him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/14-6.htm">Matthew 14:6-9</a></span><br />On Herod’s birthday, however, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod / so much that he promised with an oath to give to her whatever she asked. / Prompted by her mother, she said, “Give me here on a platter the head of John the Baptist.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/6-26.htm">Mark 6:26</a></span><br />The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/23-8.htm">Luke 23:8</a></span><br />When Herod saw Jesus, he was greatly pleased. He had wanted to see Him for a long time, because he had heard about Him and was hoping to see Him perform a miracle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/19-8.htm">John 19:8-12</a></span><br />When Pilate heard this statement, he was even more afraid, / and he went back into the Praetorium. “Where are You from?” he asked. But Jesus gave no answer. / So Pilate said to Him, “Do You refuse to speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You and authority to crucify You?” ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep went from him.</p><p class="hdg">and passed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/12-16.htm">2 Samuel 12:16,17</a></b></br> David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and lay all night upon the earth… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_samuel/19-24.htm">2 Samuel 19:24</a></b></br> And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came <i>again</i> in peace.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_kings/21-27.htm">1 Kings 21:27</a></b></br> And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.</p><p class="hdg">instruments.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/2-1.htm">Daniel 2:1</a></b></br> And in the second year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar Nebuchadnezzar dreamed dreams, wherewith his spirit was troubled, and his sleep brake from him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/esther/6-1.htm">Esther 6:1</a></b></br> On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/77-4.htm">Psalm 77:4</a></b></br> Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/daniel/5-23.htm">Concubines</a> <a href="/daniel/1-15.htm">Eating</a> <a href="/luke/5-30.htm">Entertainment</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-6.htm">Fasting</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-15.htm">Fled</a> <a href="/daniel/4-21.htm">Food</a> <a href="/daniel/6-17.htm">Great</a> <a href="/daniel/6-10.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-42.htm">Instruments</a> <a href="/daniel/3-15.htm">Music</a> <a href="/daniel/3-10.htm">Musick</a> <a href="/daniel/5-30.htm">Night</a> <a href="/daniel/5-5.htm">Palace</a> <a href="/daniel/4-31.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/daniel/2-1.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-13.htm">Spent</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/genesis/25-6.htm">Concubines</a> <a href="/daniel/11-26.htm">Eating</a> <a href="/luke/5-29.htm">Entertainment</a> <a href="/daniel/9-3.htm">Fasting</a> <a href="/daniel/10-7.htm">Fled</a> <a href="/daniel/9-3.htm">Food</a> <a href="/daniel/6-25.htm">Great</a> <a href="/daniel/11-45.htm">House</a> <a href="/amos/1-3.htm">Instruments</a> <a href="/amos/5-23.htm">Music</a> <a href="/amos/6-5.htm">Musick</a> <a href="/daniel/7-2.htm">Night</a> <a href="/daniel/8-2.htm">Palace</a> <a href="/daniel/7-1.htm">Passed</a> <a href="/daniel/8-18.htm">Sleep</a> <a href="/matthew/20-12.htm">Spent</a><div class="vheading2">Daniel 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/6-1.htm">Daniel is made chief of the presidents.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">4. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/6-4.htm">They, conspiring against him, obtain an idolatrous decree.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/6-10.htm">Daniel, accused of the breach thereof, is cast into the lion's den.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/6-18.htm">Daniel is saved;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/6-24.htm">his adversaries devoured;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/daniel/6-25.htm">and God magnified by a decree.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The palace represents a place of authority and power, yet it becomes a place of inner turmoil for the king. The king in question is Darius, ruler of the Medo-Persian Empire, who had reluctantly ordered Daniel to be thrown into the lions' den due to the irreversible decree he had signed. This moment reflects the king's personal conflict and the limitations of his power, as he is unable to save Daniel despite his high status.<p><b>and spent the night fasting.</b><br>Fasting in this context is a sign of distress and earnestness. It was not common for a king to fast, as they typically indulged in the luxuries of their position. This act of fasting indicates the king's deep concern for Daniel, whom he respected and valued. Fasting is often associated with seeking divine intervention or expressing repentance and humility before God, as seen in other biblical accounts such as <a href="/esther/4-16.htm">Esther 4:16</a> and <a href="/jonah/3-5.htm">Jonah 3:5-9</a>. The king's fasting suggests a recognition of a higher power at work, even if not explicitly stated.<p><b>No entertainment was brought before him,</b><br>Entertainment in the royal court would have included music, dancers, or other forms of amusement to please the king. The absence of entertainment signifies the king's preoccupation and inability to find joy or distraction in his usual pleasures. This decision underscores the gravity of the situation and the king's emotional state. It also highlights the contrast between the king's usual life of ease and the current crisis, emphasizing the seriousness of Daniel's predicament.<p><b>and sleep fled from him.</b><br>The phrase indicates the king's anxiety and unrest, as he is unable to find peace or rest. This sleeplessness reflects his troubled conscience and concern for Daniel's fate. In biblical literature, sleeplessness often accompanies moments of divine intervention or significant events, as seen in <a href="/esther/6.htm">Esther 6:1</a> when the king's insomnia leads to the discovery of Mordecai's unrewarded loyalty. The king's inability to sleep suggests an anticipation of a divine outcome, aligning with the theme of God's sovereignty and protection over His faithful servants.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/k/king_darius.htm">King Darius</a></b><br>The ruler of the Medo-Persian Empire who had reluctantly ordered Daniel to be thrown into the lions' den due to the manipulations of his officials.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/d/daniel.htm">Daniel</a></b><br>A faithful servant of God and a high-ranking official in the kingdom, known for his unwavering devotion to God, which led to his persecution.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_palace.htm">The Palace</a></b><br>The royal residence of King Darius, where he spent a restless night after Daniel was cast into the lions' den.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lions'_den.htm">The Lions' Den</a></b><br>A pit or enclosure where Daniel was thrown as a punishment for praying to God, defying the king's decree.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_night_of_distress.htm">The Night of Distress</a></b><br>The event where King Darius experienced a sleepless night, filled with anxiety and concern for Daniel's fate.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_burden_of_unrighteous_decisions.htm">The Burden of Unrighteous Decisions</a></b><br>King Darius's sleepless night illustrates the inner turmoil that can accompany decisions made under pressure or manipulation. It serves as a reminder to seek God's wisdom in decision-making.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_a_righteous_testimony.htm">The Power of a Righteous Testimony</a></b><br>Daniel's faithfulness impacted even the king, causing him to fast and forgo entertainment. Our consistent witness can influence those around us, even those in authority.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_divine_intervention.htm">The Role of Divine Intervention</a></b><br>While Darius was powerless to save Daniel, God was not. This highlights the importance of trusting in God's sovereignty and power over human limitations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_prayer_and_faithfulness.htm">The Importance of Prayer and Faithfulness</a></b><br>Daniel's commitment to prayer, despite the consequences, challenges us to remain steadfast in our spiritual disciplines, trusting God with the outcomes.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/anxiety_and_trust_in_god.htm">Anxiety and Trust in God</a></b><br>Darius's anxiety contrasts with the peace that comes from trusting God. Believers are encouraged to cast their anxieties on God, who cares for them.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_daniel_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Daniel 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_happened_to_belshazzar.htm">What happened to Belshazzar during the feast?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_the_bible_contradict_persian_records.htm">Why does the Bible describe historical figures (e.g., King Darius in Daniel 6) in ways that contradict actual Persian records?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_daniel_survive_the_lions.htm">How did Daniel survive the lions' den unharmed?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_nebuchadnezzar's_boast.htm">In Daniel 4:30, where is the historical or archaeological evidence that Nebuchadnezzar publicly boasted in this manner before his downfall?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/daniel/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) <span class= "bld">Instruments of musick.--</span>A word of very doubtful meaning. The root whence it is derived means <span class= "ital">to rejoice,</span> but what is signified cannot be exactly ascertained.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/daniel/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 18.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Then the king went to his palace. and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep went from him.</span> In the Massoretic text one of the clauses, "Neither were instruments of music brought before him," has caused great difficulty. The word <span class="accented">dahvan</span>, translated "instruments of music," is rendered by Furst, "dancing-girl; "Gesenius, "concubine; "Rosenmuller renders, "odours." The Mediaeval Greek Version translates, "instruments of music." Furst speaks with favour of the Syriac rendering, "food-tables." <span class="accented">Han'ayl</span>, the aphel of '<span class="accented">eilal</span>, has to be noted as a sign of antiquity. The version of the Septuagint is very wide from the Massoretic in the latter part of the verse, "Thus the king returned to his palace, and went to bed fasting, being grieved about Daniel." It is evident that the Septuagint translator had before him <span class="accented">deheel</span> instead of <span class="accented">dohvan</span> - <span class="accented">nun</span> in the script of Egyptian Aramaic is very like <span class="accented">lamed</span> in the later mode writing, as also <span class="accented">yodh</span> and <span class="accented">vav</span>. It is possible that the name "Daniel" was read <span class="accented">han'eel or</span>, <span class="accented">vies versa</span>, as two of the letters are identical If we can accept the Septuagint reading, the difficulty of this mysterious <span class="accented">dahoun</span> disappears. Another clause is added here in the Septuagint from ver. 22 (23) Massoretic, though with variations. "Then the God of Daniel, taking thought for him (<span class="greek">πρόνοιαν ποιούμενος αὐτοῦ</span>) closed the mouths of the lions, that they did not hurt Daniel." This statement is not inserted in Daniel's answer to the king in the Septuagint, as it is in the Massoretic text. It would almost seem that our present text in both cases is a condensation of a more extended document. This view receives support from the rendering of Theodotion, "And the king departed to his house, and went to bed supperless, and viands were not brought to him, and his sleep went from him, and God closed the mouths of the lions, and they did not hurt Daniel." It will be seen that the last clause here agrees with the concluding clause of the Septuagint. The mysterious word <span class="accented">dahvan is</span> rendered here "food" (<span class="greek">ἐδέσματα</span>) - a version that is suspicious from the fact that it merely repeats, under another form, the statement that the king went to bed fasting. It is supported by the Peshitta and the Vulgate. This difference can scarcely be due to a various reading. Otherwise the Peshitta and the Vulgate agree with the Massoretic text. The king's sorrow and humiliation could not be better pictured than it is here: even the feast of the palace had no pleasure for him, he was so grieved about Daniel. But we must also bear in mind that fasting had among the Jews, and, indeed, in the East generally, a relationship to prayer (see <a href="/esther/4-16.htm">Esther 4:16</a>, where fasting takes the place of prayer; see also <a href="/daniel/10-3.htm">Daniel 10:3</a>). It means also repentance (<a href="/jonah/3-6.htm">Jonah 3:6-8</a>). Darius, then, repented his hasty decree, and prayed for the deliverance of Daniel. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/daniel/6-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then</span><br /><span class="heb">אֱ֠דַיִן</span> <span class="translit">(’ĕ·ḏa·yin)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_116.htm">Strong's 116: </a> </span><span class="str2">Then, thereupon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the king</span><br /><span class="heb">מַלְכָּ֤א</span> <span class="translit">(mal·kā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular determinate<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4430.htm">Strong's 4430: </a> </span><span class="str2">A king</span><br /><br /><span class="word">went</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲזַ֨ל</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·zal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_236.htm">Strong's 236: </a> </span><span class="str2">To go, go off</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to his palace</span><br /><span class="heb">לְהֵֽיכְלֵהּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(lə·hê·ḵə·lêh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1965.htm">Strong's 1965: </a> </span><span class="str2">A large public building, palace, temple</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and spent the night</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבָ֣ת</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇāṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_956.htm">Strong's 956: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lodge over night</span><br /><br /><span class="word">fasting.</span><br /><span class="heb">טְוָ֔ת</span> <span class="translit">(ṭə·wāṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2908.htm">Strong's 2908: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hungrily</span><br /><br /><span class="word">No</span><br /><span class="heb">לָא־</span> <span class="translit">(lā-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3809.htm">Strong's 3809: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">entertainment</span><br /><span class="heb">וְדַחֲוָ֖ן</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḏa·ḥă·wān)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1761.htm">Strong's 1761: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps a musical instrument</span><br /><br /><span class="word">was brought</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנְעֵ֣ל</span> <span class="translit">(han·‘êl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5954.htm">Strong's 5954: </a> </span><span class="str2">To enter, to introduce</span><br /><br /><span class="word">before him,</span><br /><span class="heb">קָֽדָמ֑וֹהִי</span> <span class="translit">(qā·ḏā·mō·w·hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6925.htm">Strong's 6925: </a> </span><span class="str2">Before</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and sleep</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשִׁנְתֵּ֖הּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šin·têh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8139.htm">Strong's 8139: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sleep</span><br /><br /><span class="word">fled</span><br /><span class="heb">נַדַּ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(nad·daṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5075.htm">Strong's 5075: </a> </span><span class="str2">To depart</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from him.</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲלֽוֹהִי׃</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·lō·w·hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5922.htm">Strong's 5922: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/daniel/6-18.htm">Daniel 6:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/daniel/6-18.htm">Daniel 6:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/daniel/6-18.htm">Daniel 6:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/daniel/6-18.htm">Daniel 6:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/daniel/6-18.htm">Daniel 6:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/daniel/6-18.htm">Daniel 6:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/daniel/6-18.htm">Daniel 6:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/daniel/6-18.htm">Daniel 6:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/daniel/6-18.htm">Daniel 6:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/daniel/6-18.htm">Daniel 6:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/daniel/6-18.htm">OT Prophets: Daniel 6:18 Then the king went to his palace (Dan. 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