Daniel in the Den of Lions

It pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,

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.

With flattery he will corrupt those who have violated the covenant, but the people who know their God will firmly resist him.

“From the time that the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination that causes desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days.

Blessed is the one who waits for and reaches the end of the 1,335 days.