Daniel 5:31
(6:1) And Darius the Median obtained the kingdom, when he was sixty and two years old.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
And Darius the Median took the kingdom, being about threescore and two years old.
In Context
30In that very night was Belshazzar the king of the Chaldeans slain.
Cross References
Daniel 6:1(6:2) Darius deemed it proper, and he set over the kingdom one hundred and twenty lieutenants, who should be over all the 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 →