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;

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;

In Context

2(6:3) And over these, three presidents, of whom Daniel was one; that these lieutenants should give accounts unto them, so that the king might suffer no damage.

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Cross References

Exodus 18:21Moreover, thou shalt select out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating [their own] gain; and place these over them, as rulers of thousands, rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens.

Jeremiah 51:28Make ready against her the nations with the kings of Media, its governors, and all its rulers, and all the land of their dominion.

Daniel 9:1In the first year of Darius the son of Achashverosh, of the seed of the Medes, who was made king over the kingdom of the Chaldeans,

Matthew Henry on Daniel 6:1

Daniel does not give a continued history of the reigns in which he lived, nor of the state-affairs of the kingdoms of Chaldea and Persia, though he was himself a great man in those affairs; for what are those to us? But he selects such particular passages of story as serve for the confirming of our faith in God and the encouraging of our obedience to him, for the things written aforetime were written for our learning. It is a very observable improvable story that we have in this chapter, how Daniel by faith… Read the whole commentary →

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