Key Verse Spotlight
Daniel 6:3 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit {was} in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.”
Daniel 6:3
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;
And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel {was} first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage.
Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit {was} in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.
Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he {was} faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.
Then said these men, We shall not find any occasion against this Daniel, except we find {it} against him concerning the law of his God.
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