Then these men came by agreement to the king and said to the king, Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no interdict or edict that the king establishes can be changed. The conspirators prevent Darius from rescuing Daniel by reminding him of the legal principle that his own edict cannot be revoked. They hold the king to his word and the law's permanence, making it impossible for him to spare Daniel without violating his own authority. Their intervention demonstrates the trap's completeness: the conspirators have forced a situation where the king must execute his friend and trusted servant or admit that his authority and laws are meaningless. The king is trapped by his own legal system.

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