The Preservation of Daniel
And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den. Dan. 6:24
and the brought... This is a sad scene for those who accused Daniel. They were eaten of the lions, even before their bodies hit the ground in the den. Their families were destroyed also. This seems cruel, but perhaps it was so this would never happen in their families again.
cast them into... Such quick destruction of others put into the den only proved more fully that Daniel was miraculously delivered, and illustrated the power of faith in God (Heb. 11:33).
They had spoken their own punishment on Daniel. The king just gave them the same opportunity as Daniel. They had no God to call on, and they were eaten. Those who accused Daniel unjustly have brought about their own ruin.
Like the sin of Achan (in Joshua 7:20-26), this sin against God, Darius, and Daniel and had cost the men and their families their lives. This judgment of God was also an important detail in the miracle, lest some critic suggest the lions were tame or toothless or not hungry.
Then the king ordered that Daniel’s accusers and their families be thrown into the… den. The attempt by false accusation to exterminate this Jewish captive-turned-executive boomeranged (cf. Haman’s similar fate, Est. 7:9-10). The accusers had persuaded Darius to put in effect a decree that was intended to eliminate Daniel, but ironically they could not dissuade the king from eliminating them!
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