Daniel 6:1
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,”
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“Now it pleased Darius to appoint 120 satraps to rule throughout the kingdom,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;”
King James Version · Public Domain“It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom a hundred and twenty satraps, who should be throughout the whole kingdom;”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“It hath been good before Darius, and he hath established over the kingdom satraps--a hundred and twenty--that they may be throughout the whole kingdom,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Daniel 6:1 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 18:21Furthermore, select capable men from among the people—God-fearing, trustworthy men who are averse to dishonest gain. Appoint them over the people as leaders of thousands, of hundreds, of fifties, and of tens.
- Esther 1:1This is what happened in the days of Xerxes, who reigned over 127 provinces from India to Cush.
- Jeremiah 51:28Prepare the nations for battle against her— the kings of the Medes, their governors and all their officials, and all the lands they rule.
- Daniel 5:31and Darius the Mede received the kingdom at the age of sixty-two.
- Daniel 9:1In the first year of Darius son of Xerxes, a Mede by descent, who was made ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans—
- Daniel 11:1“And I, in the first year of Darius the Mede, stood up to strengthen and protect him.
- 1 Peter 2:14or to governors as those sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to praise those who do right.
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