Daniel in the Den of Lions
1 It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom, 2 with three
administrators over them, one of whom was Daniel. The satraps were made accountable to them
so that the king might not suffer loss. 3 Now Daniel so distinguished himself among the
administrators and the satraps by his exceptional qualities that the king planned to set him over
the whole kingdom. 4 At this, the administrators and the satraps tried to find grounds for charges
against Daniel in his conduct of government affairs, but they were unable to do so. They could
find no corruption in him, because he was trustworthy and neither corrupt nor negligent. 5 Finally
these men said, “We will never find any basis for charges against this man Daniel unless it has
something to do with the law of his God.