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Daniel and the Lions’ Den

Daniel keeps praying, even when it’s difficult.

Daniel 6About 1 minute

This retelling follows the first Bible passage listed. A Greek version of this account is also identified in the source notes below.

Let’s begin

Daniel loved God and prayed every day. A new law said people could only pray to the king for thirty days.

What happened next

Daniel kept praying to God. Because of the law, he was put into a den of lions.

The end

God sent an angel to shut the lions’ mouths. In the morning, Daniel was safe!

A children’s retelling of Daniel 6. You can read the Bible passage together too.

Read the Bible passages

Source: World English Bible Classic, a public domain translation. This page is a retelling, rather than a word-for-word Bible text.

Greek-source version: Daniel (Greek) 6:1–24

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