Daniel 6:1

And it pleased Darius, and he set over the kingdom one hundred and twenty satraps, to be in all his kingdom;

LXX2012 (British)

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 governors, of whom one was, Daniel; for the satraps to give account to them, that the king should not be troubled.

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Cross References

Exodus 18:21And do you look out for yourself out of all the people able men, fearing God, righteous men, hating pride, and you shall set over + 18:21 Gr. them. the people captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens.

Jeremiah 51:28And they that escape the sword shall return to the land of Juda few in number, and the remnant of Juda, who have continued in the land of Egypt to dwell there, shall know whose word shall stand.

Daniel 9:1In the first year of Darius the son of Assuerus, of the seed of the Medes, who reigned 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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