The record tells us: “Daniel, as soon as he knew that the writing had been signed, entered into his house, and, the windows in his roof chamber being open for him toward Jerusalem, even three times in a day he was kneeling on his knees and praying and offering praise before his God, as he had been regularly doing prior to this. ”
یا اینکه با دشمنان سازش می‌نمود و طبق فرمان پادشاه عمل می‌کرد ؟‏ گزارش کتاب مقدس برای ما نقل می‌کند :‏ « امّا چون دانیال دانست که نوشته امضا شده است به خانهٔ خود درآمد و پنجره‌های بالاخانهٔ خود را به سمت اورشلیم باز نموده ،‏ هر روز سه مرتبه زانو می‌زد و دعا می‌نمود و چنانکه قبل از آن عادت می‌داشت نزد خدای خویش دعا می‌کرد و تسبیح می‌خواند .‏ »