The den of lions... Daniel was twice cast into the den of lions; one under Darius the Mede, because he had transgressed the king's edict, by praying three times a day: and another time under Evilmerodach by a sedition of the people. This time he remained six days in the lions' den; the other time only one night. 14:31. And in the den there were seven lions, and they had given to them two carcasses every day, and two sheep: but then they were not given unto them, that they might devour Daniel. 14:32. Now there was in Judea a prophet called Habacuc, and he had boiled pottage, and had broken bread in a bowl: and was going into the field, to carry it to the reapers. Habacuc... The same, as some think whose prophecy is found among the lesser prophets but others believe him to be different. 14:33. And the angel of the Lord said to Habacuc: Carry the dinner which thou hast into Babylon, to Daniel, who is in the lions' den. 14:34. And Habacuc said: Lord, I never saw Babylon, nor do I know the den. 14:35. And the angel of the Lord took him by the top of his head, and carried him by the hair of his head, and set him in Babylon, over the den, in the force of his spirit. 14:36. And Habacuc cried, saying: O Daniel, thou servant of God, take the dinner that God hath sent thee. 14:37. And Daniel said, Thou hast remembered me, O God, and thou hast not forsaken them that love thee. 14:38. And Daniel arose, and eat. And the angel of the Lord presently set Habacuc again in his own place. 14:39. And upon the seventh day the king came to bewail Daniel: and he came to the den, and looked in, and behold Daniel was sitting in the midst of the lions. 14:40. And the king cried out with a loud voice, saying: Great art thou, O Lord, the God of Daniel. And he drew him out of the lions' den. 14:41. But those that had been the cause of his destruction, he cast into the den, and they were devoured in a moment before him. 14:42. Then the king said: Let all the inhabitants of the whole earth fear the God of Daniel: for he is the Saviour, working signs, and wonders in the earth: who hath delivered Daniel out of the lions' den.