Daniel 6:11 (ASV)

Passage

Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.

Nearby Context

Daniel 6:9 Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the interdict.

Daniel 6:10 And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house (now his windows were open in his chamber toward Jerusalem) and he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.

Daniel 6:11 Then these men assembled together, and found Daniel making petition and supplication before his God.

Daniel 6:12 Then they came near, and spake before the king concerning the king`s interdict: Hast thou not signed an interdict, that every man that shall make petition unto any god or man within thirty days, save unto thee, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is true, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.

Daniel 6:13 Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, who is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the interdict that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "assembled", "together", "found", "daniel", "making", "petition", "supplication", and "before". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "assembled" and "together", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 10's "And when Daniel knew that the writing..." into verse 12's "Then they came near and spake before...", so "assembled" and "together" belong inside that flow. In Daniel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "assembled" and "together" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.