Daniel 6:15
King James Version
“Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.”
Context
12Then 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 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.
13Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which 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.
14Then the king, when he heard words, was sore displeased with himself, and set heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.
15Then these men assembled unto the king, and said unto the king, Know, O king, that the law of the Medes and Persians That no decree nor statute which the king establisheth may be changed.
16Then the king commanded, and they brought Daniel, and cast into the den of lions. the king spake and said unto Daniel, Thy God whom thou servest continually, he will deliver thee.
17And a stone was brought and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
18Then the king went to his palace, and passed the night fasting: neither were instruments of musick brought before him: and his sleep went from him.