Daniel and the Lions' Den
Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. Dan. 6:4
could find none...When enemies cannot find any fault in a man he must be perfect. They turned next to find some fault with his religion. There was none here so they made a scheme to entrap Daniel into disfavor with the king, appealing to Darius to make a law that would exalt himself and involve Daniel in lawbreaking (Dan. 6:6-9).
It appears, the jealousy of the others set them against Daniel. They tried every way they could to find fault with Daniel, that they might report it to Darius. Daniel had been a faithful servant of king Darius. They could find no fault with his work, or his loyalty to the king. They plotted together to try to get Daniel in trouble.
This plot was not unlike the effort against Daniels’s 3 friends (in 3:8), and was also similar to that by Joseph’s brothers (in Gen 37:18-24).
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