Daniel 6:1

It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, which should be over the whole kingdom,

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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

2and over them three presidents, of whom Daniel was one, that the satraps might give accounts to them, and the king might have no damage.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 51:28Enlist ye against her the nations, The kings of the Medes, and their prefects, And all their governors, And all the lands under their dominion,

Daniel 9:1In the first year of Darius, the son of Ahasuerus, of the race of the Medes, who became king over the realm of the Chaldaeans,

1 Peter 2:14or to governors, as being sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and the praise of those who do well.

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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