Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
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Josephus says, "Now when his enemies saw that Daniel had suffered nothing, they would not accept that he was preserved by God, but they said that the lions had been filled full with food, and on that account it was, as they supposed, that the lions would not touch Daniel, nor come to him; and this they alleged to the king." did not reach the bottom of the den: This was to prevent their claiming that the lions shunned Daniel on account of overfeeding, and thus through envy belittling the miracle that occurred. (Theodoret of Cyrus) those men: as mentioned above in footnote for verses 3-7, the Septuagint clarifies who 'those men' actually are, they are the other two princes that were appointed with Daniel; for the Septuagint says, "Then those two men who witnessed against Daniel, they and their wives and their children were thrown to the lions." they were cast into the lions' den, they and their children, and their wives: Ancient Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus says concerning the Persians in his time, "Their laws are remarkably severe; the most stringent are against ingratitude and against deserters; some too are abominable, inasmuch as for the crime of one man they condemn all his relations." But the Law of Moses says the opposite, "The fathers shall not be put to death for the children, neither shall the children be put to death for the fathers: but every man shall die for his own sins Ex. 24:16."
