Daniel 5:31
And Darius the Mede succeeded to the kingdom, at the age of sixty-two years.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
In Context
30That same night, king Belshazzar the Chaldean was killed.
Cross References
Daniel 6:1It pleased Darius, and so he appointed over the kingdom one hundred twenty governors, to be placed throughout his whole kingdom.
Matthew Henry on Daniel 5:31
Daniel Deals Plainly with Belshazzar; Interpreting of the Writing on the Wall. ( b. c. 538.) 30 In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain. 31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old. Here is, 1. The death of the king. Reason enough he had to tremble, for he was just falling into the hands of the king of terrors, v. 30 . In that night, when his heart was merry with wine, the besiegers broke into the city, aimed at the palace; there they found the king, and… Read the whole commentary →