Matthew Henry avoids the comment that the Princes(satraps) made concerning Daniel. They said, we can not find any fault in him concerning the law of the Medes, nor is there any contempt for the civil authority of the kingdom.They could not find anything, so they conspired to see if they could find fault in Daniel in keeping the law of his God. Daniel remained loyal to God. Daniel did not bow the knee to the image of Nebuchanezzar and certainly not to Darius, king of Babylon. Daniel would have broken the first commandment of Gods law, which says, thou shalt have any other gods before me. thou shalt not make unto thee any graven images of any likeness of any kind that is in the heaven above or that is in the heavens under the earth. thou shalt not bow down thyself to them nor serve them. Because of Daniels loyalty,God protected him and sent an angel to shut the lions mouth.
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