Daniel 6:16-18

Christian Standard Bible

¹⁶ So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions’ den.^(A) The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you continually serve,^(B) rescue you!” ¹⁷ A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den.^(C) The king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet rings of his nobles, so that nothing in regard to Daniel could be changed. ¹⁸ Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting.^(D) No diversions^[a] were brought to him, and he could not sleep.^(E)