petition <DAN6 -:7 > All the presidents of the kingdom, the

governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains,

have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to

make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a {petition} of any

God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be

cast into the den of lions.

petition <DAN6 -:12 > Then they came near, and spake before the

king concerning the king's decree; Hast thou not signed a decree,

 that every man that shall ask [a {petition}] of any God or man

within thirty days, save of thee, O king, shall be cast into the

den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing [is] true,

according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth

not.

petition <DAN6 -:13 > Then answered they and said before the

king, That Daniel, which [is] of the children of the captivity

of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou

hast signed, but maketh his {petition} three times a day.

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