The king was far from being believed by thy servant then, but, if thou
persistest in this determination of letting the guilty escape, I know not
but thou wilt cause to be brought about the fulfillment of thine own
prophecy?"
Long and severe was this interview between the king and the conspirators,
and all the weight of their ingenuity was brought to bear on his mind. It
failed to convince him that Daniel's words were false; yet, partly from a
false view of consistency, and partly from the advice of the first
president, he gave his signature to the death warrant of the old
Israelite.
CHAPTER XXVI.
THE news of the condemnation of the Hebrew prophet soon spread through
all Babylon, and the hour of his execution was well known. It was the
great theme of conversation among high and low, rich and poor, and there
were but few who were not horrified at the awful doom of the man of God.
No man in Babylon was better known or more universally beloved than the
old prime minister of Nebuchadnezzar.
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