¹⁶ So the king gave the order, and they brought Daniel and threw him into the lions’ den.^(A) The king said to Daniel, “May your God, whom you serve continually, rescue^(B) you!”

² He then summoned the satraps,^(A) prefects, governors, advisers, treasurers, judges, magistrates and all the other provincial officials^(B) to come to the dedication of the image he had set up.

⁶ Whoever does not fall down and worship will immediately be thrown into a blazing furnace.”^(A)

²⁷ and the satraps, prefects, governors and royal advisers^(A) crowded around them.^(B) They saw that the fire^(C) had not harmed their bodies, nor was a hair of their heads singed; their robes were not scorched, and there was no smell of fire on them.