Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Daniel 6:18
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Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.
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¶ Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.
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Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting. No musical instruments were brought before him; and his sleep fled from him.
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Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting; neither were instruments of music brought before him: and his sleep fled from him.
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Daniel 6
16 So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the den of lions. The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, deliver you!”
17 A stone was brought and placed over the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the rings of his nobles, so that nothing concerning Daniel could be changed.
18 Then the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting. No entertainment was brought before him, and sleep fled from him.
19 At the first light of dawn, the king got up and hurried to the den of lions.
20 When he reached the den, he cried out in a voice of anguish, “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?”
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