The Plot against Daniel

Darius decided[a] to appoint 120 satraps over the kingdom, stationed throughout the realm,

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 6:1 Lit It was pleasing before Darius

Daniel in the Den of Lions

[a]It pleased Darius(A) to appoint 120 satraps(B) to rule throughout the kingdom,

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 6:1 In Aramaic texts 6:1-28 is numbered 6:2-29.

Daniel’s Prayer

In the first year of Darius,(A) the son of Ahasuerus, a Mede by birth, who was ruler over the kingdom of the Chaldeans:

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Daniel’s Prayer

In the first year of Darius(A) son of Xerxes[a](B) (a Mede by descent), who was made ruler over the Babylonian[b] kingdom—

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 9:1 Hebrew Ahasuerus
  2. Daniel 9:1 Or Chaldean

11 In the first year of Darius the Mede,(A) I stood up to strengthen and protect him.

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11 And in the first year of Darius(A) the Mede, I took my stand to support and protect him.)

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