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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Daniel 6:24 - 6:24
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(Deu 19:19; Pro 19:5).
accused - literally, “devoured the bones and flesh.” It was just that they who had torn Daniel’s character, and sought the tearing of his person, should be themselves given to be torn in pieces (Pro 11:8).
their children - Among the Persians, all the kindred were involved in the guilt of one culprit. The Mosaic law expressly forbade this (Deu 24:16; 2Ki 14:6).
or ever - that is, “before ever.” The lions’ sparing Daniel could not have been because they were full, as they showed the keenness of their hunger on the accusers.