Daniel 6:1

וְדָרְיָוֶשׁ מדיא קַבֵּל מַלְכוּתָא כְּבַר שְׁנִין שִׁתִּין וְתַרְתֵּֽין ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

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

2שְׁפַר קֳדָם דָּרְיָוֶשׁ וַהֲקִים עַל ־ מַלְכוּתָא לַאֲחַשְׁדַּרְפְּנַיָּא מְאָה וְעֶשְׂרִין דִּי לֶהֱוֺן בְּכָל ־ מַלְכוּתָֽא ׃

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Cross References

Exodus 18:21וְאַתָּה תֶחֱזֶה מִכָּל ־ הָעָם אַנְשֵׁי ־ חַיִל יִרְאֵי אֱלֹהִים אַנְשֵׁי אֱמֶת שֹׂנְאֵי בָצַע וְשַׂמְתָּ עֲלֵהֶם שָׂרֵי אֲלָפִים שָׂרֵי מֵאוֹת שָׂרֵי חֲמִשִּׁים וְשָׂרֵי עֲשָׂרֹֽת ׃

Jeremiah 51:28קַדְּשׁוּ עָלֶיהָ גוֹיִם אֶת ־ מַלְכֵי מָדַי אֶת ־ פַּחוֹתֶיהָ וְאֶת ־ כָּל ־ סְגָנֶיהָ וְאֵת כָּל ־ אֶרֶץ מֶמְשַׁלְתּֽוֹ ׃

Daniel 9:1בִּשְׁנַת אַחַת לְדָרְיָוֶשׁ בֶּן ־ אֲחַשְׁוֵרוֹשׁ מִזֶּרַע מָדָי אֲשֶׁר הָמְלַךְ עַל מַלְכוּת כַּשְׂדִּֽים ׃

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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