“Then answered they and said before the king, That Daniel, which is of the children of the captivity of Judah, regardeth not thee, O king, nor the decree that thou hast signed, but maketh his petition three times a day.”
A stone was brought and laid on the mouth of the den, and the king sealed it with his own signet and with the signet of his lords, so that nothing might be changed regarding Daniel. The sealing of the den with the king's signet and the signet of the lords makes the den officially closed and confirms that the king has done all he is required to do. The sealing with multiple seals prevents anyone from claiming that Daniel escaped through breach of the den. Yet the sealing also ensures that Daniel cannot escape—he is trapped with the lions. The detail that the king himself seals the den emphasizes his personal involvement in Daniel's fate and the weight of his authority on the situation.
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