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However, while Daniel was in so great dignity, and in so great favor
with Darius, and was alone intrusted with every thing by him, a having
somewhat divine in him, he was envied by the rest; for those that see others
in greater honor than themselves with kings envy them; and when those that
were grieved at the great favor Daniel was in with Darius sought for an
occasion against him, he afforded them no occasion at all, for he was above
all the temptations of money, and despised bribery, and esteemed it a very
base thing to take any thing by way of reward, even when it might be justly
given him; he afforded those that envied him not the least handle for an
accusation. So when they could find nothing for which they might calumniate
him to the king, nothing that was shameful or reproachful, and thereby
deprive him of the honor he was in with him, they sought for some other
method whereby they might destroy him. When therefore they saw that Daniel
prayed to God three times a day, they thought they had gotten an occasion
by which they might ruin him; so they came to Darius and told him that
the princes and governors had thought proper to allow the multitude a relaxation
for thirty days, that no one might offer a petition or prayer either to
himself or to the gods, but that he who shall transgress this decree shall
be cast into the den of lions, and there perish.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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