Daniel in the Lion's Den

Babylonian Tablets Confirm Daniel's Account

Bible critics and skeptics have long discounted the story of Daniel in the Lion’s Den (Daniel 6) where King Darius the Mede was tricked into signing a decree that people could pray to no other god but him, by governors who were conspiring to entrap Daniel and get rid of him. The account begins immediately after Darius the Mede became King of Babylon (Da…