Then the king, when he heard the word, was very displeased with himself, and he set his heart on Daniel, to deliver him. And he was striving until the going of the sun to deliver him.
And Haman said to King Ahasuerus, There is a people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of your kingdom. And their laws are different from every people, and they are not doing the king’s laws. And it is not for the king’s gain to let them alone.
There are men, Jewish men, whom you have set over the business of the province of Babylon: Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego. These men do not fix attention on you, O king, on your decree They do not serve your gods, not doing homage to the golden image which you have set up.