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Dan. 6:6 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then these presidents and princes ζassembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, livek for ever.

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Dan. 6:21• ²¹Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. (Dan. 6:21)

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Neh. 2:3• ³And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire? (Neh. 2:3)

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assembled together.

or, came tumultuously.

Dan. 6:11• ¹¹Then these men assembled, and found Daniel praying and making supplication before his God. (Dan. 6:11)

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Psa. 56:6• ⁶They gather themselves together, they hide themselves, they mark my steps, when they wait for my soul. (Psa. 56:6)

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Psa. 62:3• ³How long will ye imagine mischief against a man? ye shall be slain all of you: as a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence. (Psa. 62:3)

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Psa. 64:2‑6• ²Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
³Who whet their tongue like a sword, and bend their bows to shoot their arrows, even bitter words:
⁴That they may shoot in secret at the perfect: suddenly do they shoot at him, and fear not.
⁵They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
⁶They search out iniquities; they accomplish a diligent search: both the inward thought of every one of them, and the heart, is deep. (Psa. 64:2‑6)

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Matt. 27:23‑25• ²³And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
²⁴When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
²⁵Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children. (Matt. 27:23‑25)

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Luke 23:23‑25• ²³And they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed.
²⁴And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required.
²⁵And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into prison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus to their will. (Luke 23:23‑25)

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Acts 22:22‑23• ²²And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
²³And as they cried out, and cast off their clothes, and threw dust into the air, (Acts 22:22‑23)

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Dan. 6:21• ²¹Then said Daniel unto the king, O king, live for ever. (Dan. 6:21)

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Dan. 2:4• ⁴Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation. (Dan. 2:4)

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Dan. 3:9• ⁹They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live for ever. (Dan. 3:9)

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Dan. 5:10• ¹⁰Now the queen, by reason of the words of the king and his lords, came into the banquet house: and the queen spake and said, O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed: (Dan. 5:10)

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Neh. 2:3• ³And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers' sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire? (Neh. 2:3)

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Acts 24:2• ²And when he was called forth, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great quietness, and that very worthy deeds are done unto this nation by thy providence, (Acts 24:2)

• {v.6} They did not proceed to charge Daniel with worshipping his God; {v.7} in greater subtlety they determined, first, to flatter the king by offering to him the place of absolute supremacy—supremacy over heaven as well as earth—and then to bring Daniel into conflict with, as well as disobedience to, the king. (“Daniel 6” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Then these presidents and satraps came in a body to the king, and said thus unto him: King Darius, live for ever!