²⁴ And the king commanded, and ^(A)those men who had maliciously accused Daniel were brought and cast into the den of lions—they, their children, and their wives. And before they reached the bottom of the den, the lions overpowered them and broke all their bones in pieces.

^10 (A)So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. ^(B)Then the wrath of the king abated.

⁶ But he did not put to death the children of the murderers, according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses, where the Lord commanded, ^(A)“Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. But each one shall die for his own sin.”

^16 (A)“Fathers shall not be put to death because of their children, nor shall children be put to death because of their fathers. Each one shall be put to death for his own sin.

^10 (A)the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, ^(B)the enemy of the Jews, ^(C)but they laid no hand on the plunder.

²² Because the king's order was ^(A)urgent and the furnace overheated, the flame of the fire killed those men who took up ^(B)Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.

²⁵ But when it came before the king, he gave orders in writing ^(A)that his evil plan that he had devised against the Jews ^(B)should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.