Daniel 6:6

Then the governors and satraps stood by the king, and said to him, King Darius, live for ever.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.

In Context

5And the governors said, We shall not find occasion against Daniel, except in the ordinances of his God.

7All who preside over your kingdom, captains and satraps, chiefs and local governors, have taken counsel together, to establish by a royal statue and to confirm a decree, that whoever shall ask a petition of any god or man for thirty days, save of you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions.

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Cross References

Psalms 56:6They have prepared snares for my feet, and have bowed down my soul: they have dug a pit before my face, and fallen into it themselves. Pause. 1

Psalms 64:2Hear my prayer; to you all flesh shall come. 1

Daniel 3:9O king, live for ever.

Daniel 6:11Then these men watched, and found Daniel praying and supplicating to his God.

Matthew Henry on Daniel 6:2-6

Daniel Preferred by Darius. ( b. c. 537.) 1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom; 2 And over these three presidents; of whom Daniel was first: that the princes might give accounts unto them, and the king should have no damage. 3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. 4 Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion… Read the whole commentary →

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