God’s Miraculous Deliverance of Daniel Again

¹³ Then they responded^[a] and said before the king, “Daniel, who is from the exiles^[b] of Judah,^[c] is not paying any attention^[d] to you, O king, or to the decree that you have signed, and three times daily^[e] he says his prayer.” ¹⁴ Then the king, when^[f] he heard that report,^[g] he was extremely distressed over it; and concerning Daniel^[h] he was determined^[i] to rescue him. And until the setting of the sun he was making every effort to deliver him. ¹⁵ Then these men came as a group to the king and said,^[j] “Recall, O king, that with respect to the law of^[k] the Medes and Persians that any^[l] decree or edict that the king establishes cannot be changed.”