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"Daniel in the Lion's Den" was one of my favorite stories when I was a kid; I used to make my mom tell it over and over. The story is basically that Daniel was too good--the king liked him too much--so his jealous comrades threw him in the lion's den. He emerged unscathed, leading people to think he had close connections to the Almighty.
This is exactly how I imagined the lion's den to look. This is a small alcove off the Jerash Hippodrome, which is where the Roman gladiator battles, chariot races, and other violent human competitions (some of which involved wild animals) occurred.
