What is Daniel in the lions' den?
[[File:Daniel's Answer to the King, by Briton Riviere, GMIII MCAG 1937 123-001.jpg|thumb|Daniel in the lion's den, as painted by {{ill|Briton Rivière|en}} (1892)]] '''Daniel in the lions' den''' refers to a story in Chapter 6 of the [[Book of Daniel]] in the [[Bible]]. [[Daniel (biblical figure)|Daniel]] – a [[noble]] [[Jewish]] youth and Biblical [[prophet]] – continues to pray to the [[God in Judaism|God of Israel]] instead of his royal master, [[Darius the Mede]]. As a result, he is sent into a [[den]] of [[lions]] to be eaten. However, an [[angel]] sent by [[God]] saves Daniel and he emerged [[Miracle|miraculously]] unharmed the next day.{{sfn|Seow|2003|pp=85–86}} By [[analogy]], Daniel's situation has become an [[English language]] [[idiom]] for a [[hostile]] environment.{{sfn|Hirsch|2002|pp=6–7}} == References == {{reflist}} *{{cite book |last = Seow |first = C.L. |author-link = Choon-Leong Seow |title = Daniel |year = 2003 |publisher = Westminster John Knox Press |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=nuLapFR3AX4C&q=%22story+in+chapter+6+parallels+the+one+in+chapter+3%22&pg=PA86 |isbn = 9780664256753 }} *{{cite book |last = Hirsch |first = E.D |author-link = E. D. Hirsch |title = The new dictionary of cultural literacy |date = 2002 |publisher = Houghton Mifflin |isbn = 978-0-618-22647-4 |url = https://archive.org/details/newdictionaryofc00hirs}} [[Category:Bible]] [[Category:Hebrew Bible]]