13 \6:12\Then they came near before the king and said, O King, have you not put your name to an order that any man who makes a request to any god or man but you, O King, for thirty days, is to be put into the lions' hole? The king made answer and said, The thing is fixed by the law of the Medes and Persians which may not come to an end.

13 Então responderam ao rei, dizendo-lhe: Daniel, que é dos filhos dos cativos de Judá, não tem feito caso de ti, ó rei, nem do edito que assinaste, antes três vezes por dia faz a sua oração.