27:005:029 Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.
27:005:030 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
27:005:031 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
27:006:001 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
27:006:002 And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.
27:006:003 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
27:006:004 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
27:006:005 Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find it against him concerning the law of his God.
27:006:006 Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.
27:006:007 All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.