## the king sealed it with his own signet ring and with the signet rings of his nobles ##

The king and the noblemen pressed their rings into a seal made of wax. AT: "The king pressed his signet ring into a wax seal. The nobles did this too. No one was allowed to break the seal and help Daniel." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicitinfo]])

## sleep fled from him ##

AT: "he did not sleep at all that night." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])