Matthew Poole and continuators on Daniel 6:14

14 Then the king when he heard these words , was sore displeased with himself , and set his heart on Daniel to deliver him: and he laboured till the going down of the sun, to deliver him .

He was not wroth with Daniel as Nebuchadnezzar upon the Accusation against the three young men, chapter 3.19. but he was angry with himself, that he should be so moved by his Courtiers, against an innocent person of so much Honour and Honesty.

This made him labour to save Daniel till Sun set. Sometimes blaming his own inadvertency, and levity in so rash and sinful a Decree. Sometimes considering the great reverence of so Holy a man. Then the cruelty and craft in laying snares by Laws made on purpose against the best people, in his Court, and Kingdom. Then withal how hard it was to break or elude a Law that was by custom unalterable, and how unsafe to reject his Princes when they pleaded for the King and his Laws.

Marginal references: so Mark 6.[illegible: 1 letter]6▪