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Vintage colour lithograph from 1880 showing a biblical scene from the Old Testament, Daniel in the den of lions. The story of Daniel in the lions' den is found in the Book of Daniel. Daniel is an official in the Persian empire under King Darius, who had made a decree that no-one was to offer prayer to any god or man except him for a period of thirty days. Daniel continued to pray as was his habit, and for this he was arrested and thrown into a lions' den. However, he was unharmed, and after he was released the following morning, the people who had cajoled the king into making the decree were thrown into the lions' den themselves.