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Read along
as you listen to the story!
Daniel, when he was a young
man, had been captured by the king of Babylon. But the king
saw Daniel and his friends were fine young men. He also
learned that Daniel's God had given him the power to reveal
the meaning of dreams.
Other kings of Babylon also
saw his power. One of them named Darius (du RI us) made
Daniel a ruler in his kingdom. The people under Daniel's
rule were jealous and tried to find some wrong in him, but
they could not.
Finally they got King Darius
to make a law that people could only pray to the king for 30
days. (They knew Daniel prayed to his God three times a
day.)
Anyone who disobeyed was to
be thrown into a den of lions. Daniel knew about the law and
the punishment, but he prayed to God as he had before.
The king was sad when he
heard that Daniel had not obeyed the law. He tried to change
the law, but he could not.
They brought Daniel to the
lions' den.
The king said to Daniel,
"Your God whom you serve all the time, He will deliver
you."
A big stone was put in place
to close the opening to the den of lions. The king sealed it
with his own ring.
Then the king went back to
the palace. He could not sleep because he was so worried.
Early the next morning, he
went to the den.
He called out," Daniel, was
your God able to deliver you?"
Daniel said to the king, "Oh,
king, my God sent his angel and shut the lions' mouths so
that they have not hurt me."
The king was so glad! Daniel
was brought out and he had not been hurt at all! He believed
in his God, and God had saved him.
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