Daniel 5:31
and Darius the Mede was given the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
In Context
30On that very night Belshazzar, king of the Babylonians, was killed
Cross References
Daniel 6:1Darius decided it would be good to place the kingdom under the control of one hundred and twenty provincial governors.
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 →