And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that nothing might be changed concerning Daniel.
And when he had taken him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to guard him; intending after the Passover to bring him forth to the people.
and cast him into the abyss, and shut {\i it}, and sealed {\i it} over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years should be finished: after this he must be loosed for a little time.\par