We are looking into the meaning of the name Daniel. Thanks!
2007-07-12 12:55:39 · 12 answers · asked by dj2 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The King of Babylon, King Belshazzar, died, and Darius the Mede became the new king.
King Darius decided to appoint a hundred and twenty supervisors and governors to help rule over his kingdom. And he made Daniel and two others their boss. The other supervisors and governors didn’t like it. Daniel worked harder, and did much better work than any of them. The King was so impressed he was going to put Daniel in charge of the whole kingdom.
“We have to do something about this Daniel,” the supervisors, the governors, the lieutenant governors, and all the other officials said to themselves. But no matter how hard they looked, they couldn’t find anything wrong with Daniel because Daniel was completely faithful and honest in everything he did.
“Maybe we can use his religion against him,” they said.
And so they came up with a devious plan.
They came before King Darius one day and said, “King Darius! May you live forever! (although each one of them was probably really thinking, 'May you die tomorrow - so I can become King!'). All of us who help to rule your kingdom; the supervisors, the governors, the lieutenant governors, and all the other officials, think that it would be very wise of you to issue a command that for thirty days no one should be able to ask for anything from any god or man except you, O Great and Mighty King. And if anyone should ask for anything from any god or man besides you, they should be thrown into the lions’ den.”
King Darius accepted the idea of the supervisors, the governors, the lieutenant governors, and all the other officials, and signed the decree.
It became a law of the Medes and Persians that could not be changed.
Daniel heard the King’s decree, but still, the next morning he went to his window to pray, just as he did every morning, noon and night.
This was exactly what the supervisors, the governors, the lieutenant governors, and all the other officials were looking for.
They went straight to the king.
“Your Majesty, may you live forever!” they said. “Didn’t you sign a decree that said for thirty days no one should ask for anything from any god or man except you, O Great and Mighty King. And if anyone should ask for anything from any god or man besides you, they should be thrown into the lions’ den?”
“Yes,” said the king. “It is a law of the Medes and Persians that cannot be changed.”
Then the supervisors, the governors, the lieutenant governors, and all the other officials said, “We saw Daniel praying to his God this very morning! He does not respect you or your order.”
When King Darius heard this news he was very sad. He knew that Daniel was a good and honest man, who served him faithfully. And so he worked into the night, trying to find some way to rescue Daniel. But he couldn’t.
The supervisors, the governors, the lieutenant governors, and all the other officials came back the next morning and demanded, “Your Majesty, you know a law of the Medes and Persians can never be changed. Daniel must be thrown into the lions’ den!” Which was just what they wanted all along.
And so, the king had no choice but to have Daniel thrown into the lions’ den. The King said to Daniel, “May the God whom you serve so faithfully save you!”
And then the king’s men grabbed Daniel and threw him into a pit filled with pacing, roaring, hot-breathed lions.
They rolled a stone over the mouth of the den, and the King sealed it with his royal seal, so that no one could move the stone and rescue Daniel.
That night, the king could not sleep at all.
The first thing the next morning, just as the sun was beginning to rise, the king ran to the lions’ den.
He shouted out, “Daniel! servant of the living God! Was the God you serve so faithfully able to save you from the lions’ jaws?
“Daniel...?”
“May your majesty live forever!” Daniel called from inside the lions’ den. “God sent his angel to shut the lions mouths all through the night. God has saved me so that you will know that I am innocent, and I have served you faithfully!”
The king was so happy. Immediately he ordered his servants to pull Daniel from the lions’ den. There wasn’t even a scratch on him. Everyone saw that Daniel had trusted God, and God had saved him.
And then the king sent for all the supervisors, the governors, the lieutenant governors, and all the other officials who had accused Daniel. They were in trouble now! Right then and there, the king had them arrested and thrown into lions’ den themselves.
The lions were not so friendly this time.
Then King Darius issued a new decree. It said,
“Greetings, people of all nations, races, and languages!
I, King Darius, decree that all people everywhere should honor and fear the God that Daniel serves so faithfully.
He is the living God
who rules for all time.
His kingdom will never end,
and his power will last forever.
He rescues and he saves.
He can do mighty things,
for he has saved Daniel from
the lions’ jaws!”
Once again, Daniel was faithful.
And God was able to show us that he is always able to do great and wonderful things.
2007-07-12 13:00:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
You've gotten some terrific answers, explaining the translation and the story.
But I feel it worth adding an explanation of why the name Daniel is appropriate to the story, and how he ended up thrown in with the lions.
In those days, it was pretty common to "worship" the king, like a god. Daniel was clear that the only worship he would do, was to the One and Only God. Daniel was a very good man, a hard worker, and good at pretty much whatever responsibilities he took on. For that reason, the king respected him, and kept Daniel well-loaded with all kinds of responsibilities.
The other advisers to the king were not getting as much responsibility as Daniel, and they were jealous. They searched for a way to bring the man down, but he was just too good. Finally, the only thing they could think of, was the fact that Daniel prayed regularly, and would bow down only to his God, and not to his king. So they did the set-up, like others have explained, and got Daniel to "break the law" and not bow down to the king.
Daniel, "God is my Judge," chooses to follow God, over following laws, even when the laws are "simple" in nature, because no matter what, Daniel chooses God over King. And that is what makes him such a strong personality in the Bible.
2007-07-12 15:21:42 · answer #2 · answered by nojunk_9 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
King Darius was tricked into making, (by his ad visors who hated Daniel ) a decree that no one could worship anyone but him otherwise they would be thrown to the lions, Daniel being loyal to God openly worshiped the one true God and was thrown tho the lions. But God shut the lions mouths and Daniel was saved.
Darius loved Daniel but he could not take back the decree after it was made law, so he had to throw Daniel in. After Daniel was delivered, Darius had his ad visors thrown to the lions instead of Daniel.
This story is also an end time prophesy.
In the last days Those who worship God according to the 4th commandment (Sabbath ,Saturday) and have the faith of Jesus will also be threatened with a death decree.
The last answer (by Jonathan) is a different story, its the story of Nebuchadnezzar's dream in Daniel 2.
Those who don't know an answer, shouldn't.
2007-07-12 13:11:06 · answer #3 · answered by shovelead 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Daniel, a Hebrew, was thrown in the lion's din. This was really not the will of the king because he liked him. However, due to deception from those who did not like him, the king was obligated to follow out orders of having him or anyone else thrown to the lions if he/she did not worship him.
Long story short, God closed the mouth of the lion. Daniel was freed and the accuser was thrown to the lion. The essence of the story is that God comes through-somehow and someway.
2007-07-12 13:04:43 · answer #4 · answered by Richard S 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The name "Daniel" means "Judge my is God" (literal translation) or "God is my Judge".
The lions den account is a record of an attempt on Daniel's life as an old man. There was a political takeover in the kingdom, and Darius the Mede became king over the region. Rather than appoint all of his own people, clueless to the needs of the region, King Darius used the already-existing political figures around him to run the kingdom. One of the most popular, and most ethical, was Daniel/Balthassar, a misplaced Jew, and now an old man. He quickly proved himself both faithful and competent, doing an excellent job, so Darius wanted to make him the Prime Minister.
Daniel naturally had political enemies, jealous of his success. Since they couldn't find any real crimes with which to accuse Daniel, they decided to create one. The 30-day religious restriction was an excuse to get Darius to kill Daniel for them.
Unlike his predecessor, Darius quickly saw how he had been duped, but the law had been too well written. There was no way he could pardon Daniel, so into the pit he went.
When the lions failed to kill Daniel in one night, the sentence was suspended. It is like a rope breaking at a hanging, or an electric chair failing to kill its intended victim: it is considered an act of God (or an act of the gods, in this case, since Darius was a pagan) and the pardon is automatic.
Darius, furious at being tricked, threw the plotters into the lions den. They were not as lucky as Daniel had been!
2007-07-12 13:24:52 · answer #5 · answered by MamaBear 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The name "Daniel" in Hebrew means "God is my judge" and the story is about preserverance. Likewise in Daniel 3, we see how Daniel and His friends are resuced from the firey furnace of Nebuchadnezzar.
In Daniel 3, the image was of a man 60 cubits high, six cubits wide worshiped with 6 musical instruments. The six is repeated three times to represent 666.
Someone has said that all idolatry is self worship or it is the worship of another human. In the worship of music and musician it has been called "the idolatry of talent." The golden image is that which elevates any man or performer above their brethren.
"Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, whose height was threescore cubits, and the breadth thereof six cubits: he set it up in the plain of Dura, in the province of Babylon." - Daniel 3:1 kjv.
"Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages, That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer, and all kinds of musick, ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up:" - Daniel 3:4,5 kjv.
Note the 6 is repeated three times:
6 .... 60 cubits height
6 .... 6 cubits breadth
6 .... 6 musical instruments to worship the image with
Also note, the list of instuments are mentioned four times in the chapter, yet in one of the lists one instrument is left out.
6 - Daniel 3:5 cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, dulcimer
_ - Daniel 3:7 cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery
6 - Daniel 3:10 cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer
6 - Daniel 3:15 cornet, flute, harp, sackbut, psaltery, and dulcimer
2007-07-12 13:08:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure, maximum incredibly! Did ya know that The Bible is the only prophetic e book interior the international with a a hundred% song record? actual, organic technological understanding VALIDATES The Bible at each come across, which, is of no ask your self, using fact it replaced into written there, in the previous guy had a clue. the place do ya think of all those "mind-blowing" minds have been given the recommendations to puzzle out? So, why could ya think of something of it truly is no longer fact?? Hmmm!!!
2016-10-19 04:18:02 · answer #7 · answered by mcgoon 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Daniel 6:22 (King James Version)
King James Version (KJV)
Public Domain
22My God hath sent his angel, and hath shut the lions' mouths, that they have not hurt me: forasmuch as before him innocency was found in me; and also before thee, O king, have I done no hurt.
2007-07-12 13:12:02 · answer #8 · answered by deacon 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Daniel= God is my Judge
2007-07-12 12:58:17 · answer #9 · answered by Royal Racer Hell=Grave © 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can read all about it here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel
2007-07-12 12:59:15 · answer #10 · answered by Sarah Smile 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋