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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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or, came tumultuously.

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Dan. 6:21• ²¹Then Daniel spoke unto the king, O king, live forever! (Dan. 6:21)

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Neh. 2:3• ³And I said to the king, Let the king live for ever! Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, and 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• ¹¹But those men came in a body, 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,{HR}They mark my steps while they wait for my soul. (Psa. 56:6)

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Psa. 62:3• ³How long will ye set upon a man?{HR}Will ye murder, all of you,{HR}One like a wall inclined,{HR}A fence thrust down? (Psa. 62:3)

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Psa. 64:2‑6• ²Thou wilt hide me from the secret of evil-doers,{HR}From the tumult of workers of iniquity,
³Who have sharpened like the sword their tongue,{HR}Have bent their arrow, a bitter word,
⁴To shoot in the secret places at the perfect;{HR}Suddenly they shoot [at him] and fear not.
⁵They strengthen to themselves an evil matter;{HR}They concert to hide snares;{HR}They have said, Who will see them?
⁶They devise iniquities:{HR}We are ready (finished)! a well-devised device!{HR}And each one's inward [thought] and heart [is] deep. (Psa. 64:2‑6)

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Matt. 27:23‑25• ²³And the governor said, What evil then has he done? But they cried more than ever, saying, Let him be crucified.
²⁴And Pilate, seeing that it availed nothing, but that rather a tumult was arising, having taken water, washed his hands before the crowd, saying, I am guiltless of the blood of this righteous one: see ye [to it].
²⁵And all the people answering said, His blood [be] on us and on our children. (Matt. 27:23‑25)

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Luke 23:23‑25• ²³But they were urgent with loud voices begging that he might be crucified; and their voices [and those of the high priests] prevailed.
²⁴And Pilate gave sentence that what they begged should take place,
²⁵and released him who, for tumult and murder, had been cast into prison, for whom they begged, and Jesus he delivered up to their will. (Luke 23:23‑25)

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Acts 22:22‑23• ²²And they gave him audience unto this word, and they 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 threw off their garments and cast dust into the air, (Acts 22:22‑23)

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Dan. 6:21• ²¹Then Daniel spoke unto the king, O king, live forever! (Dan. 6:21)

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Dan. 2:4• ⁴And the Chaldeans spoke to the king in Aramaic, O king, live forever! tell thy servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation. (Dan. 2:4)

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Dan. 3:9• ⁹They spoke and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar, O king, live forever! (Dan. 3:9)

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Dan. 5:10• ¹⁰—The queen, by reason of the words of the king and his nobles, came into the banquet-house. The queen spoke and said, O king, live forever! let not thy thoughts trouble thee, neither let thy countenance be changed. (Dan. 5:10)

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Neh. 2:3• ³And I said to the king, Let the king live for ever! Why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, and 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, Tertullus began to accuse, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great peace, and by thy providence reforms are made for this nation, (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!

W. Kelly 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 forever!

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)