Daniel in the lion’s cistern
DANIEL WASN’T IN A LION’S DEN. It was more likely just a hole in the ground—a cistern for storing water. Cisterns in that dry land were often empty and sometimes used to store supplies such as grain. But it seems the Persians in what is now Iran used it at least some of the time as an execution chamber. I just finished paraphrasing Daniel. You can read the 12 chapters here. And you can look at the maps, charts, and illustrations here and download them as PDFs for $5. I’ve always had trouble imagining Daniel in a lion’s den. The …
