Book of Daniel 6:12-28.
So these men rushed in and found Daniel praying and pleading before his God.
Then they went to remind the king about the prohibition: "Did you not decree, O king, that no one is to address a petition to god or man for thirty days, except to you, O king; otherwise he shall be cast into a den of lions?" The king answered them, "The decree is absolute, irrevocable under the Mede and Persian law."
To this they replied, "Daniel, the Jewish exile, has paid no attention to you, … [More]

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