Daniel 6:10-12

Expanded Bible

¹⁰ Even though Daniel knew that the ·new law [document] had been ·written [signed], he went to pray in an upstairs room in his house, which had windows that opened toward Jerusalem. Three times each day Daniel would kneel down to pray and ·thank [praise] God, just as he always had done [1 Kin. 8:35–36; Ps. 55:17].

¹¹ Then those men ·went as a group [conspired] and found Daniel praying and ·asking God for help [seeking mercy from God]. ¹² So they ·went to [approached] the king and talked to him about the ·law he had made [edict]. They said, “Didn’t you sign a ·law [edict] that says no one may pray to any god or human except you, O king? Doesn’t it say that anyone who disobeys during the next thirty days will be thrown into the lions’ den?”

The king answered, “Yes, ·that is the law [^Lthe thing is certain], and the laws of the Medes and Persians cannot be canceled.”