5: 16. After Daniel had spent a night in the lions ’ pit, the king himself went there and cried out: “O Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God whom you are serving with constancy been able to rescue you from the lions? ”
Kad Daniēls bija aizvadījis nakti lauvu bedrē, pie tās atsteidzās pats ķēniņš un sauca: ” Daniēl, tu dzīvā Dieva kalps! — Vai tavs Dievs, kuram tu bez mitēšanās kalpo, tevi ir izglābis no lauvām? ”