Daniel 6:14
“Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself, and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun to deliver him.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Then these men assembled to the king,.... Who had left him for a while to consider of the case; or they departed to…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
Then the king, when he heard these words, was sore displeased with himself - That is, for having consented to such a…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
The king - was sore displeased with himself - And well he might, when through his excessive folly he passed a law that,…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Daniel 6:11-17
Here is 1. Proof made of Daniel's praying to his God, notwithstanding the late edict to the contrary (Dan 6:11): These…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
was sore displeased with himself was sore displeased (R.V.): -with himself" is incorrect. The expression is the Aram.…
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