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Easton's Bible Dictionary

A lair of wild beasts (Psalm 10:9; 104:22; Job 37:8 ); the hole of a venomous reptile (Isaiah 11:8 ); a recess for secrecy "in dens and caves of the earth" (Hebrews 11:38 ); a resort of thieves (Matthew 21:13; Mark 11:17 ). Daniel was cast into "the den of lions" (Daniel 6:16,17 ). Some recent discoveries among the ruins of Babylon have brought to light the fact that the practice of punishing offenders against the law by throwing them into a den of lions was common.