“So the king gave the command, and they brought Daniel and cast him into the den of lions. But the king spoke, saying to Daniel, ‘Your God, whom you serve continually, He will deliver you.’” A stone was laid on the mouth of the den, and the king himself “sealed it with his own signet ring. ... Now the king went to his palace and spent the night fasting.” RR 192.4
God permitted evil angels and wicked men this far to accomplish their purpose; but through the courage of this one man who chose to follow right, Satan was to be defeated and the name of God to be exalted. RR 192.5
Early the next morning King Darius hurried to the den and “cried out with a lamenting voice, ... ‘Daniel, servant of the living God, has your God, whom you serve continually, been able to deliver you from the lions?’” RR 192.6