Then the king had another dream he sent for Daniel who explained the dream. The king was to be driven out of human society and live like an animal until he respected the supreme God. His dream came true. While the king was living with the animals his son Belshazzar became king. One night Belshazzar had a banquet he told his servants to bring out the gold and silver cups and bowls which his father had stolen from the Jewish temple. Suddenly a hand appeared and started writing in a strange language on the wall. Daniel was brought in immediately. He explained the writing on the wall. That night the king died. Darius then seized power. Daniel was put in charge of the supervisors and governors. But Daniel was so outstanding that the supervisors became jealous and tried to find something Daniel did wrong but they couldn’t so they went to the king to have him sign a law that for 30 days no one can ask the gods for anything. The king signed it. Then the supervisors caught Daniel praying they went to the king and explained what they saw. They insisted the king throw Daniel in a pit of lions so the king did. So Daniel was thrown in with the lions and there he prayed to God for …show more content…
The next morning the king hurried to the pit and called out Daniel are you there Daniel answered I am the lord sent an angel to close the mouths of the lions. The king then gave orders to pull Daniel out of the pit and those who had accused him thrown in. Before all this Daniel had had a couple of visions which the angel Gabriel