Daniel 6:28
So I was successful all during the time that Darius ruled and during the time that Cyrus, the King of Persia, ruled.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
So this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
In Context
Cross References
2 Chronicles 36:22During the first year that Cyrus was the king of Persia, in order that what Yahweh told Jeremiah would happen would occur, Yahweh motivated Cyrus to write this and proclaim it throughout his kingdom:
Isaiah 44:28When I say about King Cyrus, ‘He will take care of my people like [MET] a shepherd takes care of his sheep, he will do what I want him to do,’ he will say about Jerusalem, ‘We must rebuild it!’, and he will also say, ‘We must rebuild the temple!’”
Daniel 1:21I remained there serving the king more than 60 years, until the first year that Cyrus became king.
Daniel 10:1During the third year that Cyrus was the king of Persia, I Daniel, who had been given the name Belteshazzar, received another message from God. The message was true, but it was very difficult for me to understand it. But later I understood the message because of the vision that I had seen.
Matthew Henry on Daniel 6:26-28
The Decree of Darius. ( b. c. 537.) 25 Then king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you. 26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end. 27 He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered… Read the whole commentary →