Daniel 6:1

And Daryavesh the Mede took the malchut, being about 62 years old.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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

2It pleased Daryavesh to set over the malchut an hundred and twenty satraps, which should be over the whole malchut;

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Cross References

Exodus 18:21Moreover thou shalt provide out of kol HaAm anshei chayil (able men), yirei Elohim, anshei emes, hating bribes; and place such over them, to be over thousands, and over hundreds, over fifties, and over tens;

Jeremiah 51:28Prepare against her the Goyim 1 with the melachim (kings) of the Medes, 1 the pachot (rulers) thereof, and all the seganim (officials) thereof, 1 and all the countries ruled thereof. 1

Daniel 9:1In the shnat achat (first year) of Daryavesh ben Achashverosh, by zera (descent) a Mede, who was made melech over the realm of the Kasdim (Chaldeans);

1 Peter 2:14Or to moshelim (governors) as being sent by Hashem for the purpose of nakam (vengeance) on anshei resha (men of wickedness), but for the purpose of shevach (praise, commendation) on anshei tzedek.

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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