The lions’ den
The third narrative (14:31–42), Daniel in the Lions’ Den, may be a retelling of Daniel’s first trip from (6:1-28) or may describe a separate incident. It has been made into a consequence of the preceding episode, but the Septuagint precedes it with the notice, “From the prophecy of Habakkuk, son of Joshua, of the tribe of Levi.” Daniel remains unharmed in the den with seven lions, fed by the prophet Habakkuk, who was taken to the lion’s den by an angel. “Upon the seventh day the king went to bewail Daniel: and when he came to the den, he looked in, and behold, Daniel was sitting. Then cried the king with a loud voice, saying, Great art thou, O Lord God of Daniel, and there is none other besides thee. And he drew him out: and cast those that were the cause of his destruction into the den: and they were devoured in a moment before his face.”
